From Russia with Love (film)

From Russia with Love is a 1963 British spy film and the second in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. It is the second of two sequels to the film Dr. No, and the third in the Bond series. In the film, Bond is sent to assist in the defection of Soviet consulate clerk Tatiana Romanova in Turkey. This film also marked the debut of Desmond Llewelyn as Q, a role he would play for 36 years until The World Is Not Enough in 1999.

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Summary From Russia with Love (film)From Russia with Love is a 1963 British spy film and the second in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. It was directed by Terence Young, produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and written by Richard Maibaum and Johanna Harwood, based on Ian Fleming’s 1957 novel of the same name. In the film, Bond is sent to assist in the defection of Soviet consulate clerk Tatiana Romanova in Turkey, where SPECTRE plans to avenge Bond’s killing of Dr. No. This film also marked the debut of Desmond Llewelyn as Q, a role he would play for 36 years until The World Is Not Enough in 1999. It took in more than USD 78 million in worldwide box-office receipts, far more than its USD 2 million budget and more than its predecessor Dr No, thereby becoming a blockbuster in 1960s cinema. It marked the final role of Pedro Armendáriz, who died of suicide four months before the film’s release. The film was a critical and commercial success, and was rushed to finish by its scheduled October 1963 release date. The sequel, From Russia With Love, was released on November 14, 1964. It is the second of two sequels to the film Dr.  No, and the third in the Bond series. The fourth and final film in the series is The Spy Who Loved Me, released on December 17, 1964, and released in the United States on December 14, 1965, and in the UK on December 16, 1965.

The fifth and final movie in the franchise is The Man Who Loves Me, starring Sean Connery as James Bond, which was released in October 1966. The sixth and seventh films in theseries were released in December 1966 and January 1967, respectively. The seventh and eighth films were released on February 7, 1967 and March 17, 1967, and October 17, 1968. The final film was The Man who Loved me, released in September 1968. It also marked Connery’s second role as James Bonds. The last film in this series was The Spy who Loves Us, released September 28, 1968, in New York City, where it was released as a double bill with Dr. No. The third film was released October 18, 1969, in London, and opened in the US on October 19, 1969. The movie was released worldwide on October 28, 1969 and October 31, 1970, in the U.S. and Europe on October 30, 1971, and September 22, 1972, in Australia and Argentina, and on September 23, 1973, in South Africa, and Austria. The films were all released in UK cinemas. The UK release was the last in the British Bond series, until The Man With No Love, released October 26, 1973. The US release was October 28. The European release was September 30, 1977, in Hong Kong. The U.K. release was November 28, 1978, in Paris.