Movies / Dr. No (1962)
Runtime: 110 min
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Released in 1962, this first James Bond movie remains one of the best, and serves as an entertaining reminder that the Bond series began (in keeping with Ian Fleming's novels) with a surprising lack of gadgetry and big-budget fireworks. Sean Connery was just 32 years old when he won the role of Agent 007. In his first adventure James Bond is called to Jamaica where a colleague and secretary have been mysteriously killed. With an American CIA agent (Jack Lord, pre-Hawaii Five-O), they discover that the nefarious Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman) is scheming to blackmail the U.S. government with a device capable of deflecting and destroying U.S. rockets launched from Cape Canaveral. Of course, Bond takes time off from his exploits to enjoy the company of a few gorgeous women, including the bikini-clad Ursula Andress. She gloriously kicks off the long-standing tradition of Bond women who know how to please their favorite secret agent. A sexist anachronism? Maybe, but this is Bond at his purest, kicking off a series of movies that shows no sign of slowing down. --Jeff Shannon
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Terence Young | ... |
Writers (5) | Credit |
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Berkely Mather | (screenplay) |
Ian Fleming | (novel) |
Johanna Harwood | (screenplay) & |
Richard Maibaum | (screenplay) & |
Terence Young | uncredited |
Composers (2) | Credit |
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John Barry | (uncredited) |
Monty Norman | ... |
Editors (1) | Credit |
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Peter R. Hunt | (as Peter Hunt) |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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Ted Moore | (director of photography) |
Actors (35) | Credit |
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Anthony Chinn | Decontamination Technician (uncredited) |
Anthony Dawson | Professor R.J. Dent |
Bernard Lee | M |
Bettina Le Beau | Prof. Dent's Secretary (uncredited) |
Bob Simmons | James Bond in Gunbarrel Sequence (uncredited) |
Byron Lee | Singer at Puss Feller's (uncredited) |
Colonel Burton | General Potter |
Dolores Keator | Mary Trueblood |
Eric Coverley | Three Blind Mice Assassin (uncredited) |
Eunice Gayson | Sylvia Trench |
Henry Lopez | Three Blind Mice Assassin (uncredited) |
Jack Lord | Felix Leiter |
John Hatton | Radio Operator (uncredited) |
John Kitzmiller | Quarrel (as John Kitzmuller) |
Joseph Wiseman | Dr. Julius No |
Lester Prendergast | Puss Feller (uncredited) |
Lois Maxwell | Miss Moneypenny |
Louis Blaazer | Pleydell-Smith |
Malou Pantera | Hotel Receptionist (uncredited) |
Margaret Ellery | Stewardess (uncredited) |
Marguerite LeWars | Photographer, Annabelle Chung (also as Marguerite Le Wars) (as Marguerite Lewars) |
Martine Beswick | Dancing Silhouette During Opening Credits (uncredited) |
Maxwell Shaw | Communications Foreman (uncredited) |
Michel Mok | Sister Rose |
Milton Reid | Dr. No's Guard (uncredited) |
Peter Burton | Major Geoffrey Boothroyd |
Reggie Carter | Jones (as Reginald Carter) |
Robert Rietty | John Strangways (voice) (uncredited) |
Sean Connery | James Bond |
Stanley Morgan | Concierge in Casino (uncredited) |
Tim Moxon | Prof. John Strangways (uncredited) |
Ursula Andress | Honeychile 'Honey' Ryder |
William Foster-Davis | Superintendent Duff |
Yvonne Shima | Sister Lily |
Zena Marshall | Miss Taro |