From Russia with Love (1963)

Preceded by: Dr. No (1962)
Followed by: Goldfinger (1964)

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	Directed by: Terence Young	COUNTRY UK/USA GENRE Spy/Action NORWEGIAN TITLE From Russia with Love RUNNING TIME 115 minutes
	Produced by: Harry Saltzman Albert R. Broccoli
	Written by: Richard Maibaum
	Based on the novel by: Ian Fleming

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
James Bond	Sean Connery	½
Ali Kerim Bey	Pedro Armendáriz	½
Rosa Klebb	Lotte Lenya
Donald "Red" Grant	Robert Shaw	½
"M"	Bernard Lee	-
Tatiana Romanova	Daniela Bianchi	½
Sylvia Trench	Eunice Gayson	-
Morzeny	Walter Gotell	-
Vavra	Francis de Wolff	-
Kronsteen	Vladek Sheybal
Moneypenny	Lois Maxwell	-

Review

The second entry in the James Bond series has a good story and basic premise, but the movie opens sluggishly and is let down by some terrible acting, notably by Lotte Lenya as one of Bond's main antagonists. Connery also is rather unconvincing in his early fighting scenes, he seems slow and stiff for his age, and he is not helped by some rather unimpressive and badly choreographed action. Luckily, the movie picks up and comes alive with the introduction of Robert Shaw's sneaky baddie, and we're given some nice thrills on rail and at sea during the rather engaging finale, even if there's never any real nerve involved in any of it. At 21, Daniela Bianchi was the youngest ever Bond girl, although you wouldn't guess it. Her dialogue was dubbed, which doesn't help her performance. A terminally ill Pedro Armendáriz (3 Godfathers) is fine as Bond's associate in his final role.