Dr. No
1962
Plotline: British agent, James Bond, is sent to Jamaica
to investigate the murder of a fellow operative. Bond's enquiries soon
finds out a connection between the death, a spate of recent failures in
the US space program, and the mysterious Dr. No. Bond teams up with CIA
agent Felix Leiter to try to stop Dr. No's evil plan.
Cast:
Bond:
Sean Connery
Honey Ryder: Ursula Andress
Quarrel:
John Kitzmuller
Felix Leiter: Jack Lord
Dr. No:
Joseph Wiseman
Prof. Dent: Anthony
Dawson
M:
Bernard Lee
Moneypenny: Lois Maxwell
Director:
Terence Young
Producers: Albert
R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman
Scriptwriters: Johanna Harwood, Richard Maibaum,
Berkley Mather
Score:
Monty Norman
Title Song:
The Monty Norman Orchestra
Running Time: 111 mins
Other Facts:
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Thunderball was originally going to be the first Bond movie,
but legal wrangles with its co-author lead to Dr. No being chosen instead.
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Dr. No was originally going to be a monkey.
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Author Ian Fleming wanted his cousin Christopher Lee to play
Dr. No. He later got the part as Francisco
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Scaramanga in The Man With The Golden Gun.
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The budget was only $1 000 000 but when costs over ran by
$100 000, United Artist wanted to pull the plug fearing
they would never recoup its outlay.
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Actors considered for the lead role included: Cary Grant,
David Niven, Trevor Howard, Rex Harrsion and Roger
Moore.
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Sean Connery was chosen for the part of 007 after Cubby Broccoli's
wife saw him in Disney's "Darby O'Gill and the Little
People".
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The voice of Honey Ryder is not that of Ursula Andress.
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A painting of the Duke of Wellington, stolen in 1960 and
never recovered, can be seen on the wall of Dr. No's headquarters.
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Connery is morbidly afraid of spiders. Shot of spider in
his bed was originally done with a sheet of glass
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between him and the spider, but when this didn't look realistic
enough, the scene was re-shot with stuntman Bob Simmons.
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The rights of the famous theme son were bought from Monty
Norman for a ridiculously low sum of money, and subsequently
appeared in many later Bond films.
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The film was titled "James Bond chases Dr. No" in Germany.
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The Japanese office of United Artists originally translated
the title as "We don't want a doctor", and even had posters
printed with that title. The mistake was discovered at the last moment.
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The San Fernando Vally Theater in Los Angeles advertised
this movie as "Doctor Number", starring Seen Connery.
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