Dr. No (1962) |
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| Director(s) | Terence Young |
| Producer(s) | Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Thriller/Suspense |
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Sean Connery(as James Bond)
Dr. No
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1962
Dr. No
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1962
Sean Connery
(as James Bond)
Ursula Andress(as Honeychile 'Honey' Ryder)
Dr. No
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Dr. No
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1962
Ursula Andress
(as Honeychile 'Honey' Ryd...)
Joseph Wiseman(as Dr. Julius No)
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Dr. No
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Joseph Wiseman
(as Dr. Julius No)
Jack Lord(as Felix Leiter)
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Dr. No
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Jack Lord
(as Felix Leiter)
Bernard Lee(as M)
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Dr. No
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Bernard Lee
(as M)
Anthony Dawson(as Professor R.J. Dent)
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Dr. No
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1962
Anthony Dawson
(as Professor R.J. Dent)
Eunice Gayson(as Sylvia Trench)
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Dr. No
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Eunice Gayson
(as Sylvia Trench)
Peter Burton(as Major Geoffrey Boothroyd)
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Dr. No
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Peter Burton
(as Major Geoffrey Boothro...)
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Dr. No (1962) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Terence Young and produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli.
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Vehicles featured included the swamp vehicle Dragon Tank at Crab Key; a marine blue 1961 Sunbeam Alpine Series 5 Sports Tourer convertible II Tiger rental car which James Bond drives whilst being tailed by a pre-war Packard LaSalle hearse; Bond rides in a taxi driven by Mr. Jones which is a black 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible; a motorboat; Mk II Ford consul taxi; Quarrel's boat; an Austin A55 Cambridge and a Ford Zephyr.
Location manager Chris Blackwell (who was uncredited) was later the founder of Island Records. He is also the son of Blanche Blackwell who was neighbor, friend and lover of James Bond creator Ian Fleming. He makes a cameo in the film as the tall blond man dancing at Puss Feller's club. Blackwell would later own Ian Fleming's Goldeneye estate after 1977 - one of its previous owners was reggae musician Bob Marley.
Sean Connery won the role of James Bond after producer Albert R. Broccoli attended a screening of Darby O'Gill and the Little People. He was particularly impressed with the fist fight Connery has with a village bully at the climax of the film. Broccoli later had his wife Dana Broccoli see the film and confirm his sex appeal. Still, for publicity purposes there was a contest to find the perfect man to play James Bond. Six finalists were chosen and screen-tested by Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman and Ian Fleming. The winner was a 28-year-old model called Peter Anthony who looked the part but completely lacked the acting technique to play it.
The directing job was originally offered to Guy Hamilton, Guy Green and Ken Hughes. Bryan Forbes was also asked to direct. They all turned it down. Phil Karlson was also considered. In the end, Terence Young directed Dr. No, and then returned for From Russia with Love and Thunderball.
There is a longstanding rumor that in the early drafts of the script, Dr. No turned out to be a monkey. When first approached by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, screenwriters Wolf Mankowitz and Richard Maibaum discarded most of the source material and wrote a story treatment about a shipping magnate called Buchwald attempting to blow up the Panama Canal. Dr. No was a monkey god worshiped on the island, and the villain kept a capuchin monkey as a pet. Broccoli and Saltzman told them to try again and this time stick more closely to the source material. Mankowitz was dissatisfied with the script and had his name removed from the credits. He later co-wrote the James Bond parody film Casino Royale, which co-starred Ursula Andress, who played Honey Ryder in Dr. No.