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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Country
United Kingdom
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Year
1962
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Genre
Crime
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Introduction
“An entertaining piece of tongue-in-cheek action hokum.”
Variety, 1962
Produced on a relatively modest budget and with a then little-known star, Dr. No was the first in producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman’s long-running 007 series, adapted from Ian Fleming’s popular spy novels. Despite tight funds, director Terence Young’s film bears many of the hallmarks of the later, much more lavish productions. Here MI6 agent Bond uncovers a super-villain’s scheme to disrupt a space launch.
As with the subsequent movies, the storyline is less important than the exotic locations (in this case Jamaica), the pop-art-style set design (by Ken Adam), and the climactic set pieces. The movie made a star out of Sean Connery, who brought a brutish insouciance to the role, and for many remains the definitive Bond.
2002’s Die Another Day pays explicit homage to Dr. No, dressing Halle Berry for her first appearance in a bikini similar to that worn by Dr. No’s Ursula Andress.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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James Bond
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Honeychile Rider
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Dr No
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Felix Leiter
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M
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Professor R.J. Dent
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Quarrel
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Miss Taro
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Sylvia Trench
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Sister Rose
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Miss Moneypenny
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Major Boothroyd
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Sister Lily
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Pleydell-Smith
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Jones
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Duff, superintendent
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photographer in bar
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Mary
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General Potter
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[Puss-Feller]
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[Strangways]
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[concierge]
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[voice of Honey Ryder/Sylvia Trench]
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[voice of Strangeways/Duff]
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Credits
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Direction:
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Directed by
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Assistant Director
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2nd Assistant Director
David Anderson (uncredited)
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3rd Assistant Director
John Meadows (uncredited)
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Continuity
Rights:
Production:
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Production Company
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Released by
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Produced by
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Produced by
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United Artists Production Executive
George 'Bud' Ornstein (uncredited)
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Production Manager
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Production Accountant
Stanley Sopel (uncredited)
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Accountant
Len Chance (uncredited)
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Production Secretary
Maureen Whitty (uncredited)
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Filmed at
Casting:
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Casting
James Liggat (uncredited)
Writing:
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Screenplay by
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Screenplay by
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Screenplay by
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Screenplay
Wolf Mankowitz (uncredited)
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Based on the novel by
Photography:
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Director of Photography
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Camera Operator
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Focus Puller
John Shinerock (uncredited)
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Clapper Loader
Alan Jones (uncredited)
Stills:
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Stills
Bert Cann (uncredited)
Special Effects:
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Special Effects
Editing:
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Editor
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Assistant Editor
Design:
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Production Designer
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Art Director
Syd Cain (uncredited)
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Set Dressing
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Chief Draughtsman
Alan Tomkins (uncredited)
Costumes:
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Costumes
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Wardrobe Master
John Brady (uncredited)
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Wardrobe Mistress
Eileen Sullivan (uncredited)
Make-up:
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Make-up
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Hair Stylist
Titles:
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Main Title Designed by
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[Titles] Animation
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Titles Animation
Robert Ellis (uncredited)
Music:
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Music Composed by
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James Bond Theme Played by
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[Music] Conducted by
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Orchestrated by
Sound:
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Sound Recordist
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Sound Recordist
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Boom Operator
Don Wortham (uncredited)
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Dubbing Editor
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Dubbing Editor
Stunts:
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Chief Stuntman
Bob Simmons (uncredited)
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Bond Stunt Double - Reactor Pool Fight
George Leech (uncredited)
Publicity:
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Director of Publicity
Roy Mcgregor (uncredited)
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Unit Publicist
Jean Garioch (uncredited)
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