AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: United Artists
Video Distributor: MGM/UA (PES 99210)
USA
Theatrical Distributor: United Artists
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: K-16
Germany
Rating: 16
Norway
Rating: 12 (1978); 15 (subsequent releases)
Sweden
Rating: 15
UK
Rating: PG
Like many of the early Bond films, Dr No was heavily cut when it first
shown on British TV - one Christmas Day it was memorably crammed into
a slot that lasted just over an hour!
USA
Rating: PG
TIMELINE
1962
October
5: UK - theatrical premiere
1963
January
25: West Germany - theatrical release
27: France - theatrical release
31: Netherlands - theatrical release
February
9: Italy - theatrical release
March
29: Finland - theatrical release
April
1: Norway - theatrical release
5: Denmark - theatrical release
27: Malta - theatrical release
29: Sweden - theatrical release
May
8: USA - theatrical release
9: Hong Kong - theatrical release
13: Spain - theatrical release
27: Brazil - theatrical release
June
8: Japan - theatrical release
22: Denmark - theatrical re-release
1965
May
17: Denmark - theatrical re-release
1968
January
1: UK - theatrical re-release
1972
December
23: Japan - theatrical re-release
1974
August
12: Spain - theatrical re-release
1975
October
28: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)
1976
July
24: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)
1977
January
1: UK 1 January 1977 (re-release)
1985
January
1: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)
1986
October
1: Norway - theatrical re-release
1997
January
1: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre as part of the Brand
New Bonds season)
2002
September
29: UK - television broadcast (on ITV - all regions expect Grampian
and Scottish)
December
8: UK - television broadcast (on ITV - Grampian and Scottish regions
only)
2003
July
8: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)
2005
August
20: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)
2006
August
15: UK - television broadcast (on ITV4)
16: UK - television broadcast (on ITV4)
2007
October
20: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)
2008
January
5: UK - television broadcast (on ITV4)
6: UK - television broadcast (on ITV4)
July
20: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)
2009
February
27: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies Premier)
28: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies Premier)
POSTER TAGS
The first James Bond film!
The first James Bond film adventure
My name is Bond, James Bond!
Now... meet the extraordinary gentleman spy in all fiction...
James Bond, Agent 007...'
That master of undercover operations is on his way!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
007 - Agente Secreto - Portuguese title
007 Contra o Satânico Dr. No - Brazilian title
Agent 007 - Norwegian title
Agent 007 contra el doctor No, L' - Catalan Spanish
title
Agent 007 med rätt att döda - Swedish title
Agent 007 - mission drab - Danish title
Agente 007 contra el doctor No - Spanish title
Agente 007, licenza di uccidere - Italian title
Doktor No - Turkish title
James Bond 007 contre Dr. No - French/French Belgian
title
James Bond 007 contre docteur No - French Belgian/French
Canadian title
James Bond 007 contre legen Dr No - German (?) title
James Bond 007 jagt Dr. No - German title
James Bond 007 tegen Dr. No - Flemish Belgian title
James Bond Agent 007 - mod ratt od doda - Swedish
title
James Bond, praktor 007 enantion dros No - Greek
title
Salainen agentti 007 ja tohtori No - Finnish title
Satánico Dr. No, El - Argentine/Spanish/Uruguayan
title
Satânico Dr. No, O - Brazilian title
LINKS
SEQUELS
From Russia With
Love (1963)
Goldfinger (1964)
Thunderball (1965)
You Only Live Twice
(1967)
On Her
Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Diamonds Are Forever
(1971)
Live and Let Die
(1973)
The Man With
the Golden Gun (1974)
The Spy Who Loved
Me (1977)
Moonraker (1979)
For Your Eyes Only
(1981)
Octopussy (1983)
A View To a Kill
(1985)
The Living Daylights
(1987)
Licence to Kill
(1989)
Goldeneye (1995)
Tomorrow Never
Dies (1997)
The World Is Not
Enough (1999)
Die
Another Day (2002)
SEE ALSO
Austin
Powers - International Man of Mystery (1997)
Austin
Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Dr No Featurette (1963)
Carry On Spying
(1964)
Casino Royale (1967)
Goldeneye: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1989)
Happy Anniversary
007: 25 Years of James Bond (1987)
Inside Dr No (2000)
The James Bond Story
(1999)
Never Say Never
Again (1983)
Spiceworld - The Movie (1997)
Terence Young:
Bond Vivant (2000)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Premiere Bond:
Die Another Day (2002)
REFERENCES
PERIODICALS
Amateur Cine World November 1962 p.691
editorial (on Maurice Binder's titles by Tony Rose)
Amateur Movie-Maker January 1963 pp.69-71
illustrated article (by Maurice Binder on creating the main titles)
Classic Images 107 (May 1984) p.9
illustrated video review (by John A Cardello)
Film Daily 19 March 1963 p.7
review (by Mandel Herbstman)
Films & Filming September 1989
(reprint of Nov 1962) p.66
illustrated review (by Richard Whitehall)
The Hollywood Reporter Friday 15 March
1963 p.3
review (by James Powers)
The Hollywood Reporter 12 April 1982
p.3
interview with Albert Broccoli (by Robert Osborne)
Kine Weekly 6 September 1962 p.15
review (by anonymous)
Monthly Film Bulletin October 1962
p.135
review, synopsis, credits
Motion Picture Herald 3 April 1963
(Production Digest Section) p.785 - 786
review (by C.S.A.)
New Statesman 9 October 1962
review (by John Coleman)
Scene 5 October 1962
review (by Derek Hill)
Sight and Sound Autumn 1962
illustrated review (by Penelope Houston)
The Spectator 12 October 1962
review (by I. Cameron)
The Times 5 October 1962
review (by unknown)
NEWSPAPERS
Daily Express 5 October 1962
review (by Leonard Moseley)
Daily Mail 5 October 1962
review (by Cecil Wilson)
Daily Worker 6 October 1962
review (by Nina Hibbin)
Evening News 4 October 1962
review (by F. Barker)
Evening Standard 4 October 1962
review (by Alexander Walker)
Film Daily 8 March 1963 p.3
illustrated US premiere report
Variety 17 October 1962
review (by Rich)
BOOKS
Kiss Kiss Bang! Bang! pp.3-19
article, credits, review
KEYWORDS
The Carribean,
islands, James
Bond, nuclear
reactors, scientists,
secret agents, secret
organisations, secret
weapons, spaceships,
spies, superstitions,
tanks, underground
