Bond was given a briefcase with an assortment of gadgets before flying to Istanbul the next day.
She had promised to turn over the Lektor on one condition - if Bond went to Istanbul and personally brought her and the machine back to England. Bond was briefed by "M" (Bernard Lee) regarding the "trap" set for him, involving the cipher machine (the brand-new Lektor), and a Russian girl who had fallen for Bond - with a letter, she had already contacted British Intelligence Chief Kerim Bey (Pedro Armendariz), head of Station T (Turkey) and asked to defect. Before leaving, he romanced Sylvia during "lunch" under his car's convertible top (# 1 tryst) in the back seat. Outside London by a scenic lake, James Bond was kissing Sylvia Trench (Eunice Gayson) during a picnic lunch, but was summoned by pager, and told by secretary Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell), through his Bentley car phone, to report to the office. Led to believe she was working for Russian intelligence. Tania, a Mata Hari like figure, was duped and With the promise of a promotion if she succeeded, or death if sheĭidn't cooperate. On her assignment ("to give false information to the enemy"), In her back alleyway apartment/hotel room, where she was briefed
Of State Security from the Russian Consulate General offices, tookĪ break from work and met with masculine-looking Klebb (wearingĪ Russian military uniform, and hinting at lesbian tendencies) (Daniela Bianchi, Italy's 1960 Miss Universe runner-up), Corporal In Turkey, blonde Tatiana "Tania" Romanov He was to report to Klebb in Istanbul inĢ4 hours time. She tested his formidable strength with a brass-knuckled (a convicted murderer and escaped prisoner from Dartmoor prison,Ī "homicidal paranoiac" recruited by SPECTRE) to be Bond'sĪssassin. Training base for terrorism, Klebb assigned "Red" Grant No (in the previous film), by killing Bond, who would most likely be involved.īack on SPECTRE island, the organization's secret The plan was to seek "personal revenge" for the death of operative Dr. The pawn - a cipher clerk from the Russian Consulate in Istanbul had already been selected, according to Klebb who was put in charge of the criminal SPECTRE mission. Unknowing accomplices would include a female member of the Russian Cryptographic Section in Turkey, and the British Secret Service (MI6). 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 Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) | Diamonds Russia With Love (1963) | Goldfinger (1964) | Thunderball