There's a saying in England: Where there's smoke, there's fire! From Russia With Love is directed by Terence Young and adapted to screenplay by Richard Maibaum & Johanna Harwood from the Ian Fleming novel of the same name. It stars Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw & Pedro Armendáriz. Music is by John Barry and cinematography by Ted Moore. James Bond's second cinematic outing has 007…
The world's masters of murder pull out all the stops to destroy Agent 007!
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.
Top Cast
Sean Connery
James Bond
Daniela Bianchi
Tatiana 'Tanja' Romanova
Pedro Armendáriz
Ali Kerim Bey
Robert Shaw
Donald 'Red' Grant
Lotte Lenya
Rosa Klebb
Bernard Lee
M
Lois Maxwell
Miss Moneypenny
Eunice Gayson
Sylvia Trench
Walter Gotell
Morzeny
Francis de Wolff
Vavra
George Pastell
Train Conductor
Nadja Regin
Kerim's Mistress
Aliza Gur
Vida
Martine Beswick
Zora
Vladek Sheybal
Kronsteen
Anthony Dawson
Ernst Stavros Blofeld
Reviews
_**SPECTRE agents, Istanbul, Gypsies, beautiful women and the Orient Express**_ Agent 007 (Sean Connery) is sent on a dubious mission at Istanbul to possibly acquire a Lektor cryptography device from the Soviets via their consulate. Bond meets a naïve Russian beauty (Daniela Bianchi) that SPECTRE agent Klebb (Lotte Lenya) recruits to carry out their assassination plan with the help of a brawny Irish Assassin…
I love this one... surprise, surprise, surprise. Everyone loves this one. I think if there were a true point of contest amongst die hard Bond fans it is From Russia With Love v Goldfinger for the best Bond film. Clearly I'm in the From Russia With Love camp, because it works as a serious spy thriller, it works as a Bond movie, it works as a dramatic thriller and it works as an action movie. It has enough…
This is an early Bond movie, and more of a spy movie than the later hay day of 007. It's a pretty good spy movie. We do begin to see a lot of what makes 007 with the hot women, the two hottest being minor characters in a catfight scene. We see some nice locales, nice scenery, and we have some interesting gadgets on both sides. We also have the diabolical Specter leader whom I always call "Blowhard", who seems to…
FAQ about From Russia with Love
What is From Russia with Love about?
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping…
When was From Russia with Love released?
From Russia with Love was released in 1963.
What genres does From Russia with Love belong to?
From Russia with Love is categorised as Action, Thriller, Adventure.
Who stars in From Russia with Love?
The cast of From Russia with Love includes Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendáriz, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya.