From Russia With Love (1963)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1963
Running Times: 115m
Length: colour
Format:
Colour Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

DIRECTION

Directed by: Terence Young

PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Copyright: 1963 Danjaq S.A.
Production Companies: United Artists Pictures Inc. (opening logo)  Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli present  an Eon production

PRODUCERS
Produced by : Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli
Production Manager: Bill Hill

SCRIPT
Screenplay by: Richard Maibaum
Adapted by: Johanna Harwood
Novel: Ian Fleming (credited as a possessory above the title)

DIRECTION
Assistant Director: David Anderson
Continuity: Kay Mander

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ted Moore
2nd Unit Cameraman: Robert Kindred
Camera Operator: Johnny Winbolt

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Peter Hunt
Assembly Editor: Ben Rayner
Colour by: Technicolor

MUSIC
Original Music Composed and Conducted by: John Barry
Music Recorded at: CTS Studios, London

SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
Title Song Written by: Lionel Bart
"From Russia With Love" Sung by: Matt Monro
"James Bond Theme" Written by: Monte Norman

SOUND
Sound Recordists: John W. Mitchell & C. Le Mesurier
Dubbing Editors: Norman Wanstall & Harry Miller
Westrex Recording System

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Jocelyn Rickards
Wardrobe Mistress: Eileen Sullivan
Wardrobe Master: Ernie Farrer
Make Up: Basil Newall & Paul Rabiger
Hairdresser: Eileen Warwick

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects by: John Stears
Assisted by: Frank George

TITLES AND OPTICALS
Title Designed by: Robert Brownjohn
Assisted by: Trevor Bond
Titles Photography: Frank Tidy (uncredited)

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Syd Cain
Assistant Art Director: Michael White
Set Dresser: Freda Pearson

OTHER CREW
Istanbul Production Assistant: Ilham Filmer

LOCATIONS
Made on location in Istanbul and at Pinewood Studios, London, England
Location Manager: Frank Ernst

STUNTS
Stunt Arranger: Peter Perkins (uncredited)

CAST

starring
Sean Connery (James Bond)

also starring
Pedro Armendariz (Kerim Bey)
Lotte Lenya (Rosa Klebb)

and
Robert Shaw (Red Grant)
Bernard Lee as "M"

and introducing
Daniela Bianchi (Tatiana Romanova)

with
Eunice Gayson (Sylvia)
Walter Gotell (Morzeny)
Francis de Wolff (Vavra)
George Pastell (train conductor)
Nadja Regin (Kerim's girl)
Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny)
Aliza Gur (Vida)
Martine Beswick (Zora)
Vladek Sheybal (Kronsteen)
Hasan Ceylan (foreign agent)

and
Leila (belly dancer)

? (real name: Anthony Dawson) (Ernst Stavro Blofeld)
Fred Haggerty (Krilencu)
Neville Jason (Rolls chauffeur)
Peter Bayliss (Benz)
Nushet Ataer (Mehmet)
Peter Brayham (Rhoda)
Desmond Llewelyn (Boothroyd)
Jan Williams (masseuse)
Peter Madden (McAdams)

UNCREDITED CAST

Anthony Dawson (Number One - uncredited)
Eric Pohlman (voice of Number One - uncredited)
Bill Hill (Nash - uncredited)
Julie Mendez (dancer in title sequence - uncredited)
Bob Simmons (James Bond in gunbarrel sequence - uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

James Bond becomes the target of a vendetta waged by the leader of SPECTRE - he plans to use Bond to gain access to a secret Russian decoding device which is being smuggled out by an unwitting Soviet agent. (Full Synopsis)

UK
Video Distributor: Warner

UK
Rating: PG
The British Board of Film Censors expressed some concerns about the scene in which a SPECTRE cameraman films Bond and Romanova making love. The Board advised the producers to keep the "sweating cameraman" as obscure as possible or face the consequences of having the entire vital sequence removed.

USA
MPAA: 20568

TIMELINE

1976
May
2: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

December
28: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1982
October
31: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1997
January
1: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre as part of the Brand New Bonds season)

2001
June
20: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

2002
August
26: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

2003
July
21: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

2005
August
13: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

2006
October
20: UK - television broadcast (on ITV4)
21: UK - television broadcast (on ITV4)

2008
March
22: UK - television broadcast (on ITV4)
23: UK - television broadcast (on ITV4)

June
22: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

2009
February
8: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies Premier)
9: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies Premier)
22: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies Premier)
23: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies Premier)

POSTER TAGS

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007 - Ordem para Matar - Portuguese title
A 007 dalla Russia con amore - Italian title
Agent 007 jages - Danish title
Agent 007 ser rött - Swedish title
Agente 007, dalla Russia con amore - Italian title
Bons baisers de Russie - French/French Canadian title
De Rusia con amor - Argentine title
Des de Rússia amb Amor - Catalan Spanish title
Desde Rusia con amor - Spanish title
Hemliga agenten i Istanbul, Den - Swedish Finnish title
Iz Rusije s ljubavlju - Serbian title
James Bond 007 - Liebesgrüße aus Moskau - West German title
James Bond, praktor 007 se pagida - Greek title
M'Russia B'Ahava - Israeli title
Moscou Contra 007 - Brazilian title
Oroszországból szeretettel - Hungarian title
Pozdrowienia z Rosji - Polish title
Rusya'dan sevgilerle - Turkish title
Salainen agentti 007 Istanbulissa - Finnish title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
James Bond
Inside From Russia With Love
Harry Saltzman: Showman

SEQUEL TO
Dr No (1962)

SEQUELS
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)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Premiere Bond: Die Another Day (2002)

PERIODICALS

Amateur Cine World vol.6 no.20 (14 November 1963) p.770 (UK)
review

Broadcast 6 November 1998 p.6 (UK)
short article (Battle of the Bonds)

Film Daily vol.124 no.39 (27 February 1964) p.6 (USA)
review

Film Review's Ultimate DVD no.7 (July 2000) pp.38-39 (UK)
illustrated DVD review (by Ian Atkins)

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.30 no.358 (November 1963) p.155 (UK)
review

Sight and Sound vol.2 no.4 (August 1992) p.69 (UK)
note

TV Times 18 - 24 April 1987 pp.34, 68 (UK)
TV data, review, credits

TV Times 16 - 22 February 1991 pp.35, 22 (UK)
TV data, review, credits

BOOKS

British National Film Catalogue vol.1 (1963)
credits

Elliot's Guide to Films on Video p.310
short review, some credits, video data

Hoffman's Guide to Horror, SF and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.146
short review, some credits

Kiss Kiss, Bang! Bang! pp.20-29
illustrated credits, review, making of data

Sean Connery (Robert Tanitch) pp.48-50
illustrated review, credits

The Incredible World of 007 (2nd edition) pp.20-27, 146
illustrated review, credits, making of data

The James Bond Films pp.23-
illustrated review, credits, making of data

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

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Last Updated: 17 May, 2009