Dr. No
Dr. No is a 1962 spy film and the first film in the James Bond series, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Co-starring Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman and Jack Lord, it was directed by Terence Young and adapted by Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, and Berkely Mather from the 1958 novel by Ian Fleming. The film was produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli of Eon Productions, a partnership that continued until 1975. In the film, James Bond is sent to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of a fellow British agent. The trail leads him to the underground base of Dr. No, who is plotting to disrupt an early American space launch from Cape Canaveral with a radio beam weapon.
Plot
John Strangways, the Station Chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service in Jamaica, is murdered, along with his secretary, by a trio of assassins. Strangways had been helping the CIA investigate radio jamming of rocket launches from Cape Canaveral. After the Service loses radio contact with the station, James Bond is sent to investigate by M, the head of the Service. Before leaving, Bond has an intimate encounter with Sylvia Trench, a woman he met while playing baccarat.
Awards
Cast
- Anthony Chinn
- Anthony Dawson
- Bernard Lee
- Bettina Le Beau
- Bob Simmons
- Byron Lee
- Chris Blackwell
- Eunice Gayson
- Jack Lord
- John Kitzmiller
- Joseph Wiseman
- Lois Maxwell
- Marguerite LeWars
- Martine Beswick
- Milton Reid
- Peter Burton
- Reginald Carter
- Robert Riettii
- Sean Connery
- Stanley Morgan
- Timothy Moxon
- Ursula Andress
- Zena Marshall
More details
| author | Berkely Mather Johanna Harwood Richard Maibaum Terence Young Wolf Mankowitz |
|---|---|
| award | Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress |
| contentLocation | Jamaica London |
| director | Terence Young |
| editor | Peter R. Hunt |
| events | terrorism |
| genre | action thriller |
| keywords | arrest baccarat bite cape canaveral cape canaveral air force station central intelligence agency chinese tong cia cia agent colony of jamaica cove cyanide drug enemy agent even felix leiter flame tank help honey ryder james bond m murder out of fuel pool reactor portrayal of james bond in film principal project mercury prosthesis prosthetic quarrel radar jamming and deception radio jamming royal navy search secret intelligence service spectre sylvia trench tarantula tong |
| musicBy | John Barry Monty Norman |
| nomination | Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress |
| producer | Albert R. Broccoli Harry Saltzman |
| productionCompany | Eon Productions |
| publisher | United Artists |
| recordedAt | Jamaica Pinewood Studios |
| theme | spy terrorism |