Great Movies: James Bond Dr. No

Dr. No

Dr. No: Released in 1962, this first James Bond movie remains one of the best, and serves as an entertaining reminder that the Bond series began (in keeping with Ian Fleming's novels) with a surprising lack of gadgetry and big-budget fireworks. Sean Connery was just 32 years old when he won the role of Agent 007. In his first adventure James Bond is called to Jamaica where a colleague and secretary have been mysteriously killed. With an American CIA agent (Jack Lord, pre-Hawaii Five-O), they discover that the nefarious Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman) is scheming to blackmail the U.S. government with a device capable of deflecting and destroying U.S. rockets launched from Cape Canaveral. Of course, Bond takes time off from his exploits to enjoy the company of a few gorgeous women, including the bikini-clad Ursula Andress. She gloriously kicks off the long-standing tradition of Bond women who know how to please their favorite secret agent. A sexist anachronism? Maybe, but this is Bond at his purest, kicking off a series of movies that shows no sign of slowing down.

Directed by
Terence Young

Writing credits
Ian Fleming (novel)

Richard Maibaum (screenplay) &
Johanna Harwood (screenplay) &
Berkely Mather (screenplay)

Terence Young uncredited

Cast (in credits order)

Sean Connery ... James Bond

Ursula Andress ... Honey Ryder
Joseph Wiseman ... Dr. No

Jack Lord ... Felix Leiter
Bernard Lee ... M
Anthony Dawson ... Professor Dent
Zena Marshall ... Miss Taro
John Kitzmiller ... Quarrel (as John Kitzmuller)
Eunice Gayson ... Sylvia Trench

Lois Maxwell ... Miss Moneypenny

Peter Burton ... Major Boothroyd
Yvonne Shima ... Sister Lily
Michel Mok ... Sister Rose
Marguerite LeWars ... Photographer (as Margaret Le Wars and Marguerite Lewars)
William Foster-Davis ... Superintendent (as Wm. Foster-Davis also)
Dolores Keator ... Mary
Reggie Carter ... Jones
Louis Blaazer ... Pleydell-Smith
Colonel Burton ... General Potter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anthony Chinn ... Decontamination Technician (uncredited)
Eric Coverley ... Three Blind Mice Assassin (uncredited)
Margaret Ellery ... Stewardess (uncredited)
John Hatton ... Radio Operator (uncredited)
Bettina Le Beau ... Professor Dent's Secretary (uncredited)
Byron Lee ... Singer at Puss Feller's (uncredited)
Henry Lopez ... Three Blind Mice Assassin (uncredited)
Stanley Morgan ... Concierge in Casino (uncredited)
Tim Moxon ... John Strangways (uncredited)
Malou Pantera ... Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
Lester Prendergast ... Puss Feller (uncredited)
Milton Reid ... Dr. No's Guard (uncredited)
Robert Rietty ... John Strangways (voice) (uncredited)
Maxwell Shaw ... Communications Foreman (uncredited)
Bob Simmons ... James Bond in Gunbarrel Sequence (uncredited)
Nikki Van der Zyl ... Honey (voice) (uncredited)

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