In the first James Bond film, 007 battles a diabolical scientist named “Dr. No” who has plans to destroy the American space program. Bond travels to Jamaica to search for a missing British agent, and finds he must confront Dr. No from SPECTRE, the organization that will continue to oppose him in future films. Scottish actor Sean Connery personified Bond from the beginning, with his roguish Celtic persona and wide range of acting abilities. Fans in the future had trouble accepting other actors as 007, especially Roger Moore in 1973, after Connery’s seven movie appearances in the role.
Director Terence Young (“Too Hot to Handle” 1960) established very high production values that were typical of most of the films of the Bond franchise: The movies always start off with a very stylized main title sequence designed by Maurice Binder, the iconic theme music composed by Monty Norman, and production designer Ken Adams putting together the lavish sets.
The supporting cast behind Sean Connery includes Ursula Andress as Honey Rider, the first of many Bond girls, Joseph Wiseman as Dr. Julius No, Jack Lord as Felix Leiter, as well as Bernard Lee as M (Bond’s boss), Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny (M’s secretary), and Peter Burton as Q (head of Research & Development). Lee and Maxwell would go on to play these recurring roles in many future Bond movies.
“Dr. No” was a huge hit at the box office, put together on a small budget by producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli, Eon Productions, and United Artists. The Bond films were based on a series of twelve novels and two shorts stories written by Ian Fleming between 1952 and 1966.
Dr. No (1962)
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In the first James Bond film, 007 battles a diabolical scientist named “Dr. No” who has plans to destroy the American space program. Bond travels to Jamaica to search for a missing British agent, and finds he must confront Dr. No from SPECTRE, the organization that will continue to oppose him in future films. Scottish actor Sean Connery personified Bond from the beginning, with his roguish Celtic persona and wide range of acting abilities. Fans in the future had trouble accepting other actors as 007, especially Roger Moore in 1973, after Connery’s seven movie appearances in the role.
Director Terence Young (“Too Hot to Handle” 1960) established very high production values that were typical of most of the films of the Bond franchise: The movies always start off with a very stylized main title sequence designed by Maurice Binder, the iconic theme music composed by Monty Norman, and production designer Ken Adams putting together the lavish sets.
The supporting cast behind Sean Connery includes Ursula Andress as Honey Rider, the first of many Bond girls, Joseph Wiseman as Dr. Julius No, Jack Lord as Felix Leiter, as well as Bernard Lee as M (Bond’s boss), Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny (M’s secretary), and Peter Burton as Q (head of Research & Development). Lee and Maxwell would go on to play these recurring roles in many future Bond movies.
“Dr. No” was a huge hit at the box office, put together on a small budget by producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli, Eon Productions, and United Artists. The Bond films were based on a series of twelve novels and two shorts stories written by Ian Fleming between 1952 and 1966.