From Russia with Love Movie Review 1963

Bond is back and on the loose in exotic Istanbul looking for a super-secret coding machine. He's involved with a beautiful Russian spy and has the SPECTRE organization after him, including villainess Rosa Klebb (she of the killer shoe). Lots of exciting escapes but not an overreliance on the gadgetry of the later films. The second Bond feature, thought by many to be the best.

Distribution

Time-Life Video and Television, 1450 Palmyra Ave., Richmond, VA 23227-4420, Phone: (804)266-6330, Toll-free: 800-950-7887, Fax: (757)427-7905

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 125 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Istanbul, not Constantinople, Cold War Spies, Top Grossing Films of 1964, Assassination, Trains, James Bond, Books to Film: Ian Fleming

Screenplay

Johanna Harwood, Richard Maibaum

Cast

Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendariz, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw, Eunice Gayson, Walter Gotell, Lois Maxwell, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Nadja Regin, Alizia Gur, Martine Beswick, Leila

Cinematography

Ted Moore

Director

Terence Young

Music

John Barry

Producer

Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli, United Artists