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From Russia with Love (1963)
Directed by Terence Young
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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.
Rated PG | Length 115 minutes
Actors
Sean Connery | Daniela Bianchi | Pedro Armendáriz | Robert Shaw | Lotte Lenya | Bernard Lee | Lois Maxwell | Eunice Gayson | Walter Gotell | Francis de Wolff | George Pastell | Nađa Regin | Aliza Gur | Martine Beswick | Vladek Sheybal | Anthony Dawson | Lisa Guiraut | Hasan Ceylan | Fred Haggerty | Neville Jason | Peter Bayliss | Nusret Ataer | Peter Brayham | Desmond Llewelyn | Jan Williams | Peter Madden | Fred Wood | Bill Brandon | Moris Farhi | Alf Mangan | Dido Plumb | Ernie Rice | Andre Charisse | Hugo de Vernier | Victor Harrington | Barbara Jefford | Jim O'Brady | Eric Pohlmann | Bob Simmons | Nikki Van der Zyl | Michael Culver | Elizabeth Counsell | Bedri Çavusoglu
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/10/2017 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Owned | 9 stars |
| 06/17/2012 | Movie Screen | Film | Theater | 9 stars |
| (Average) 9 stars |
Viewing Notes
The historic Music Box Theatre in Chicago did a special Fathers Day screening of James Bond films, so my sons and I decided to drive in to catch two of them. From Russia With Love was the second of the two we saw.
My friend Jay, who also attended, had never seen From Russia With Love. It was great that he got to experience it for the first time on film in a theatre!
The print was in great shape and it was a real treat to see this on the big screen, the way it was intended. From Russia With Love is one of my favorite Bond films; while it’s not perfect, it introduces a lot of the elements that were to become staples of every Bond film after that. It’s also a great hybrid between the vicious, cold, calculating Bond of the novels and Dr. No, and the more adventurous, softer Bond in later films.
My sons liked this one more than Dr. No naturally. One of my favorite scenes is the brutal hand-to-hand combat scene in the train car between Connery and Shaw. That fight scene is as raw and vicious as any fight in Bond films for years to come and can hold its own against even the more recent Casino Royale.
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