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Action, Adventure, Thriller

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Sean Connery	James Bond
Lotte Lenya	Rosa Klebb
Robert Shaw	Donovan 'Red' Grant
Pedro Armendáriz	Ali Kerim Bey
Martine Beswick	Zora
Daniela Bianchi	Tania Romanova
Hasan Ceylan
Francis De Wolff	Vavra
Eunice Gayson	Sylvia
Walter Gotell	Morzeny
Bernard Lee	M
Pedro Armendariz
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.	Kerim Bey
Nusret Ataer	Mehmet
Peter Bayliss	Benz
Peter Brayham	Rhoda
Anthony Dawson	Ernst Blofeld
George Pastell	Train Conductor
Lisa Guiraut
Aliza Gur

Director	Terence Young
Producer	Albert R. Broccoli; Harry Saltzman
Writer	Richard Maibaum; Ian Fleming; Johanna Harwood; Richard Mailbaum
Cinematography	Ted Moore
Musician	John Barry
User Credit 1	Peter R. Hunt
User Credit 2	Jocelyn Rickards

Directed with consummate skill by Terence Young, the second James Bond spy thriller is considered by many fans to be the best of them all. Certainly Sean Connery was never better as the dashing Agent 007, whose latest mission takes him to Istanbul to retrieve a top-secret Russian decoding machine. His efforts are thwarted when he gets romantically distracted by a sexy Russian double agent (Daniela Bianchi), and is tracked by a lovely assassin (Lotte Lenya) with switchblade shoes, and by a crazed killer (Robert Shaw), who clashes with Bond during the film's dazzling climax aboard the Orient Express. From Russia with Love is classic James Bond, before the gadgets, pyrotechnics, and Roger Moore steered the movies away from the more realistic tone of the books by Ian Fleming. --Jeff Shannon

Edition Details
Edition	Special Edition
Barcode	027616853936
Region	Region 1
Chapters	32
Release Date	11/28/1997
Packaging	Snap Case
Screen Ratio	1.66:1
Subtitles	French; Spanish
Audio Tracks	English Dolby Digital 2.0 Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0
Layers	Single Side, Dual Layer
Nr of Disks/Tapes	1

Personal Details
Purchase Date	8/26/2006
User Text 2	The world's masters of murder pull out all the stops to destroy Agent 007!
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Also Known As:
Ian Fleming's 'From Russia with Love' (UK) (complete title) (more)

Filming Locations:
"The Canals", Venice, Veneto, Italy (more)

Trivia:
Vladek Sheybal (Kronsteen the chess master) was a well-studied Polish actor hesitant to accept a role in a Bond film because he thought it might not be a good career move, but his friend Sean Connery persuaded him to sign on and it has helped his career enormously. (more)

Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: In the boat chase, the director's waving hand can be seen reflected in the windshield of Bond's boat at several points. (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Morzeny: [after Grant kills a look-a-like Bond] Exactly one minute, fifty-two seconds. That's excellent.
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination (more)

Movie Connections:
Featured in Now Pay Attention 007! (2000) (TV) (more)