Dr. No Review

Dr. No

Release Date: 4th July 1963 - Australia

Production Companies

Eon Productions

Genre: Action

Rating: PG

Runtime: 105 minutes

Budget: $1,000,000

Box Office Gross: $59,609,144 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

James Bond is a secret agent from the British Secret Service who goes by his codename 007. He is on a mission to investigate the death of a fellow agent that takes him to Jamaica. He joins forces with CIA agent Felix Leiter and native Quarrel for answers. Along the way, Bond must

fend off a trio of deadly

assassins and dodge a

poisonous tarantula and

"a fire-breathing dragon"

while uncovering an evil

plot from Dr. No with the help of the beautiful Honey Ryder.

Cast

Sean Connery - James Bond

Ursula Andress - Honey Ryder

Joseph Wiseman - Dr. No

Jack Lord - Felix Leiter

Bernard Lee - M

Anthony Dawson - Professor Dent

John Kitzmiller - Quarrel

Zena Marshall - Miss Taro

Eunice Gayson - Sylvia Trench

Lois Maxwell - Miss Moneypenny

Peter Burton - Major Boothroyd

Timothy Moxon - John

Strangways (Uncredited)

Marguerite LeWars - Annabel

Chung - The Photographer

Dolores Keator - Mary Trueblood

Reggie Carter - Mr. Jones

Louis Blaazer - Pleydell-Smith

Colonel Burton - General Potter

Yvonna Shima - Sister Lily

Michel Mok - Sister Rose

Milton Reid - Dr. No's Guard (Uncredited)

Robert Rietty - John Strangways/Superintendent Duff (Voice) (Uncredited)

Nikki Van der Zyl - Honey

Ryder/Sylvia Trench/Various

(Voice) (Uncredited)

Diana Coupland - Honey Ryder

(Singing Voice) (Uncredited)

Crew

Director - Terence Young

Based on the Novel "Dr. No" - Ian Fleming

Treatment - Wolf Mankowitz (Uncredited)

Screenplay - Richard Maibaum,

Johanna Harwood and Berkeley Mather

Associate Producer - Stanley Sopel (Uncredited)

Producers - Albert R. Broccoli and

Harry Saltzman

Production Designer - Ken Adam

Art Director - Syd Cain (Uncredited)

Production Buyer - Ron Quelch (Uncredited)

Costumes - Tessa Prendergast

Director of Photography - Ted Moore

Location Manager - Chris Blackwell (Uncredited)

Stunt Arranger - Bob Simmons (Uncredited)

Special Effects - Frank George

Visual Effects - Roy Field (Uncredited)

Matte Artist - Cliff Culley (Uncredited)

Film Editor - Peter R. Hunt

Sound Recordists - John Dennis

and Wally Milner

Dubbing Editors - Archie Ludski

and Norman Wanstall

Main Title Designer - Maurice Binder

Music - Monty Norman

Arranger: James Bond Theme - John Barry

Review
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bond. James Bond on the big screen, here's my first-ever review of a Bond movie, the one that started it all, DR. NO. Sure, the film was a good entry and did have some exciting action scenes, but it has a spy/espionage feel than an action film. It may not have the same appeal to the mainstream audience as the later Bond films, but it is an important film because it was the first Bond movie ever made. It even introduced the iconic formula that subsequent films followed. I liked Sean Connery performing the title character as he was the best James Bond. Other actors who succeeded him, such as Daniel Craig and Pierce Brosnan, came close to matching his charisma, style and wit. The other things I find fantastic in the movie are the set designs by Ken Adam and James Bond's main theme music.

While DR. NO lacked a few things, such as cool gadgets, the film had set the benchmark for all Bond movies to come. I recommend this feature to anyone, including Bond fans, who have yet to see the character in his film debut.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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