Dr. No (1962)

Director:

Terence Young

Writers:

Richard Maibaum (screenplay) &
Johanna Harwood (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

8 May 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

NOW meet the most extraordinary gentleman spy in all fiction!...JAMES BOND, Agent 007!

Plot:

James Bond's investigation of a missing colleague in Jamaica leads him to the island of the mysterious Dr. No and a scheme to end the US space program.

Plot Keywords:

James Bond | Island | CIA | Scientist | Jamaica

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 2 wins

Cast

Sean Connery	...	James Bond
Ursula Andress	...	Honey Ryder
Joseph Wiseman	...	Dr. Julius No
Jack Lord	...	Felix Leiter
Bernard Lee	...	M
Anthony Dawson	...	Professor R.J. Dent
Zena Marshall	...	Miss Taro
John Kitzmiller	...	Quarrel (as John Kitzmuller)
Eunice Gayson	...	Sylvia Trench
Lois Maxwell	...	Miss Moneypenny
Peter Burton	...	Major Boothroyd
Yvonne Shima	...	Sister Lily
Michel Mok	...	Sister Rose
Marguerite LeWars	...	Annabelle Chung - Photographer (also as Marguerite Le Wars) (as Marguerite Lewars)
William Foster-Davis	...	Superintendent
Dolores Keator	...	Mary
Reggie Carter	...	Jones (as Reginald Carter)
Louis Blaazer	...	Pleydell-Smith
Colonel Burton	...	General Potter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anthony Chinn	...	Decontamination Technician (uncredited)
Eric Coverley	...	Three Blind Mice Assassin (uncredited)
Margaret Ellery	...	Stewardess (uncredited)
John Hatton	...	Radio Operator (uncredited)
Bettina Le Beau	...	Prof. Dent's Secretary (uncredited)
Byron Lee	...	Singer at Puss Feller's (uncredited)
Henry Lopez	...	Three Blind Mice Assassin (uncredited)
Stanley Morgan	...	Concierge in Casino (uncredited)
Tim Moxon	...	John Strangways (uncredited)
Malou Pantera	...	Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
Lester Prendergast	...	Puss Feller (uncredited)
Milton Reid	...	Dr. No's Guard (uncredited)
Robert Rietty	...	John Strangways (voice) (uncredited)
Maxwell Shaw	...	Communications Foreman (uncredited)
Bob Simmons	...	James Bond in Gunbarrel Sequence (uncredited)

Directed by
Terence Young

Writing credits
Richard Maibaum		(screenplay) &
Johanna Harwood		(screenplay) &
Berkely Mather		(screenplay)
Ian Fleming		(novel)
Terence Young		uncredited

Produced by
Albert R. Broccoli	....	producer
Harry Saltzman	....	producer
Stanley Sopel	....	associate producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Monty Norman
John Barry		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Ted Moore		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Peter R. Hunt		(as Peter Hunt)

Casting by
James Liggat		(uncredited)

Production Design by
Ken Adam

Art Direction by
Syd Cain		(uncredited)

Makeup Department
John O'Gorman	....	makeup artist
Eileen Warwick	....	hair stylist

Production Management
L.C. Rudkin	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Clive Reed	....	assistant director
John Meadows	....	third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Freda Pearson	....	set dresser
John Chisholm	....	prop man (uncredited)
Ron Quelch	....	production buyer (uncredited)

Sound Department
John Dennis	....	sound recordist
Archie Ludski	....	dubbing editor
Wally Milner	....	sound recordist
Norman Wanstall	....	dubbing editor
Don Wortham	....	boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Frank George	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Cliff Culley	....	matte artist (uncredited)
Roy Field	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Peter Brace	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gerry Crampton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Cummings	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steve Emerson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Alan Gold	....	stunts (uncredited)
Arthur Howell	....	stunts (uncredited)
George Leech	....	stunt double: Joseph Wiseman (uncredited)
George Leech	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dinny Powell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Simmons	....	stunt arranger (uncredited)
Bob Simmons	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Bob Simmons	....	stunt double: Sean Connery (uncredited)
Bob Simmons	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rocky Taylor	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
John Winbolt	....	camera operator
George Pink	....	camera operator (uncredited)
John Shinerock	....	focus puller (uncredited)

Animation Department
Trevor Bond	....	animator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tessa Prendergast	....	costumes (as Tessa Welborn)
Eileen Sullivan	....	wardrobe mistress (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Ben Rayner	....	assistant editor (as Ben Reyner)

Music Department
Burt Rhodes	....	orchestrator
Eric Rogers	....	conductor (as Eric Rodgers)
Diana Coupland	....	singing voice: Ursula Andress (uncredited)
Vic Flick	....	musician: guitar (uncredited)
Sidney Margo	....	music contractor (uncredited)

Other crew
Maurice Binder	....	title designer: main title
Albert R. Broccoli	....	presenter
Harry Saltzman	....	presenter
Helen Whitson	....	continuity
Chris Blackwell	....	location manager (uncredited)
Bob Simmons	....	body double: James Bond, in opening sequence (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Eon Productions

Distributors

• United Artists Corporation (1962) (UK) (theatrical)
• Les Artistes Associés S.A.B. (1962) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1962) (Australia) (theatrical)
• C.B. Films (1963) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1963) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Tuschinski Film Distribution (1963) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (as Nova)
• United Artists (1963) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1963) (Italy) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1963) (USA) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1963) (France) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1970) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1974) (USA) (TV) (network premiere)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (1981) (USA) (TV) (cable television)
• RCA (1981) (USA) (VHS) (Selectavision videodisc)
• CBS/Fox Home Video (1983) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1983) (Australia) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (Australia) (DVD) (Special Edition)
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (2000) (UK) (DVD) (Special Edition)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2006) (worldwide) (DVD) (Ultimate Edition)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD) (Ultimate Edition)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (UK) (DVD) (Ultimate Edition)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (VHS) (widescreen)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (Greece)
• CBS/Fox (????) (USA) (VHS) (laserdisc)
• Criterion Collection, The (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (VHS) (widescreen)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (VHS) (widescreen)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Warner Home Video (????) (worldwide) (video) (Europe) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Turnbull & Aser  James Bond's suits (uncredited)

Also Known As:

Doctor No (UK) (alternative spelling)
Ian Fleming's Dr. No (UK) (complete title)

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Norway:12 (re-rating) (1979) | Singapore:PG | West Germany:16 (nf) | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Canada:PG (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-15 (re-rating) | Ireland:PG | Norway:15 (re-rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Peru:14 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:Approved (certificate #20322) | USA:GP (re-rating) (1971) | USA:PG (re-rating) (1994) | UK:A (original rating) (cut)

Filming Locations:

2171 Magenta Drive, Jamaica

Company:

Eon Productions

Trivia:

The film's USA release was forestalled by the political climate after the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Dr. No's men pass by in a boat and shoot at the shore where Bond, Honey and Quarrell are hiding, their commander shouts "We'll be back - we'll be back with the dogs!" into a megaphone, which has an echo effect. He then lowers the megaphone and waves his arm as he shouts "Full Speed Ahead!" - which has the same megaphone/echo effect, despite the lack of megaphone use.

Quotes:

[first lines]
John Strangways: That's it. Hundred honors and ninety below.
Professor R. J. Dent: Nicely done, Strangways. I have to give it to you.
John Strangways: I must leave you for a few minutes. Order a round on my chit, will you Professor.
Professor R. J. Dent: Right.
Gen. Potter: Damn it all! Must you break off at this time every evening?
John Strangways: Sorry, General. My managing director is a creature of habit. There's a call booked through to me every day about this time.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Clubba Hubba (#1.3)" (1990)

Soundtrack:

James Bond Theme

Twenty installments later and what's better?

Commenting on DR NO is a little like being asked to review 'Genesis" or "The Gospel According to Matthew." It IS what it is! Connery WAS Bond from the instant he appeared on screen and remember Ian Fleming, his creator was still alive at this stage. (Fleming in fact saw the first three Bonds but died before the release of THUNDERBALL)

DR NO set the standards, albeit with a limited budget, for the entire series. Action, pretty girls, one-liners and impossibly cashed-up enemies. My own father was a confirmed Bond addict (having worked in army intelligence during WW2) and had been greatly looking forward to the release of this film. Cruelly, he died just a couple of weeks before its premiere in London in 1962. I made up for it however by seeing it four days running. At the time, just about as exciting as films got, it was an enormous box office smash and vindicated the studio's decision to sign Connery. Fleming in fact had wanted Roger Moore for the role, who was then riding high with THE SAINT worldwide and was unavailable for filming. Connery, who's only claim to fame at the time was as a part time male model and bit-part actor, his biggest role having been as a truckie in HELL DRIVERS three years earlier.

Of course DR NO is dated now - its 40 years old! and deserves to be looked at from that standpoint The action sequences were raw in parts, pretty good in others. Sure the car chase scenes in Jamaica with the laughable back-projections are a cackfest now but none of this matters. The sets were imaginative, the fights good stuff, Ursula Andress enough for any young man's wet dream and Wiseman as DR No himself probably the best villain of them all, despite his very limited screentime. Very imaginative sets for the time and pyrotechnics to please.

When it came to my home-town I took several days off college and watched it with fellow students. This was way better than Latin and calculus!