From Russia with Love( 1963)

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The world's masters of murder pull out all the stops to destroy Agent 007!

Overview

Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.

Top Billed Cast

Sean Connery
James Bond
Daniela Bianchi
Tatiana 'Tanja' Romanova
Pedro Armendáriz
Ali Kerim Bey
Robert Shaw
Donald 'Red' Grant
Lotte Lenya
Rosa Klebb
Bernard Lee
M
Lois Maxwell
Miss Moneypenny
Eunice Gayson
Sylvia Trench
Walter Gotell
Morzeny
Francis de Wolff
Vavra
George Pastell
Train Conductor
Nadja Regin
Kerim's Mistress
Aliza Gur
Vida
Martine Beswick
Zora
Vladek Sheybal
Kronsteen
Anthony Dawson
Ernst Stavros Blofeld
Lisa Guiraut
Belly Dancer
Hasan Ceylan
Bulgarian Agent
Fred Haggerty
Krilencu
Neville Jason
Kerim's Chauffeur
Peter Bayliss
Benz
Nusret Ataer
Mehmet
Peter Brayham
Rhoda
Desmond Llewelyn
Boothroyd - 'Q'
Jan Williams
Masseuse
Peter Madden
McAdams
Fred Wood
Gypsy (uncredited)
Bill Brandon
Gypsy (uncredited)
Moris Farhi
Gypsy (uncredited)
Alf Mangan
Gypsy (uncredited)
Dido Plumb
Gypsy (uncredited)
Ernie Rice
Gypsy (uncredited)
Andre Charisse
Hotel Concierge (uncredited)
Hugo de Vernier
Hotel Porter (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Chess Tournament Spectator (uncredited)
Barbara Jefford
Tatiana Romanova (voice) (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Krilencu's Henchman (uncredited)
Eric Pohlmann
Ernst Stavro Blofeld (voice) (uncredited)
Bob Simmons
James Bond in Gunbarrel Sequence (uncredited)
Nikki Van der Zyl
Sylvia Trench / Receptionist (voice) (uncredited)
Michael Culver
Man in a Punt (uncredited)
Elizabeth Counsell
Woman in a Punt (uncredited)
Bedri Çavusoglu
Police (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Wed Sep 11 2019

There's a saying in England: Where there's smoke, there's fire! From Russia With Love is directed by Terence Young and adapted to screenplay by Richard Maibaum & Johanna Harwood from the Ian Fleming novel of the same name. It stars Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw & Pedro Armendáriz. Music is by John Barry and cinematography by Ted Moore. James Bond's second cinematic outing has 007 sent on a mission to Istanbul to try and acquire a Russian cypher machine known as Lektor. It's a trap set up by SPECTRE, who formulate a plan to upset the world order whilst murdering ...