

Director of Planning Kronsteen had concocted what he dubbed a "foolproof" plan to steal a new Lektor cryptographic decoding machine from the Russians (and then sell it back to them, embarrassing MI6). 3) (Lotte Lenya), as they discussed Siamese fighting fish in his tank, comparing its tactics to SPECTRE's.

He was attended by defecting, ex-SMERSH Russian intelligence agent Rosa Klebb (now working as SPECTRE No. 1 villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld (uncredited Anthony Dawson, his hands, in close-up, seen petting a white Persian cat). He was summoned by a note on a napkin (with an Octopus symbol/seal) to a meeting on the luxury yacht of evil, menacing SPECTRE No. 5 (Vladek Sheybal)) defeated his Canadian opponent. In Venice, Italy at the International Grandmasters Championship, Czechoslovakian chess-player Kronsteen (or SPECTRE No. That's excellent." The dead agent's Bond face-mask was removed, revealing the face of another man. Lights illuminated the scene, and Grant was evaluated on his SPECTRE training mission by Bond enemy Morzeny (Walter Gotell): "Exactly one minute, 52 seconds. The stalking ended when Grant pulled a razor-wire garrotte from his wristwatch and strangled the agent (# 1 death). The pre-title credits action sequence was set in a mansion's sculptured gardens (on SPECTRE island) at nighttime - a cat-and-mouse game between two black-dressed men: British agent James Bond (Sean Connery) in a tuxedo, and blonde, psychopathic Russian assassin Donald "Red" Grant (Robert Shaw). Title Song: Instrumental/"James Bond Is Back" (John Barry) and "James Bond Theme" (sung by Matt Monro during end credits), also "From Russia With Love" Main Title Sequence: Designed by Robert Brownjohn It was also the first Bond film with a now standard, pre-title credits action sequence. The same sequence was used for the first three Bond films. This was the second film with a gunbarrel opening (with stuntman Bob Simmons). See Bond Girls in From Russia With Love (1963) To Kill (1989) | GoldenEye (1995) | TomorrowĪnother Day (2002) | Casino Royale (2006) | Quantum Your Eyes Only (1981) | Octopussy (1983) | A

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