James Bond (an excellent , as usual, Sean Connery) willingly falls into an assassination ploy involving a naive Russian beauty (Daniela Bianchi who subsequently starred an Italian spoof titled OK Connery by Alberto Martino) in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by Spectre . The world's masters (Lotte Lenya , Walter Gotell , Vladek) of murder pull out all the stops to destroy Agent 007 . Bond goes to Turkey , there he has an ally character called Ali Kerim Bey (final filmed appearance of Pedro Armendáriz , ill caused by cancer when he shot Conqueror of Mongolia along with John Wayne and Susan Hayward) . James is being lured into a deadly trap , and he will need all of his force , intelligence and cutting-edge technology to triumph over the enemies that seek to destroy him . Bond is pursued by a hulking blond assassin named Red Grant (Robert Shaw) , whose character provided a template for a number of blond European henchmen that would proliferate the James Bond series .
This solid , slick thriller with magic mix of action-packed , dazzling stunts, gadgetry, and romance provided by sexy company as Daniela Bianchi . Sean Connery as James Bond is very fine , he does remarkably well , he has toughness , irony, humor and sympathy, however also has coldness ,cunning , intelligence and roughness . Sean Connery said that this movie was his personal favorite out of the Bond films he did . Here Bond is an efficient , relentless agent trying to chase obstinately the criminals , traveling around the world as always , as this time is mostly set in Istanbul , Turkey . Bond to achieve his aims , along the way uses violent means , pulling off brutal killings against enemies who wreak all sorts of havoc . As always Bond will use "state of the art" and fantastic gadgets provided by ¨Q¨ in his first intervention by Desmond Llewelyn , he would reprise the role of "Q" in 16 subsequent Bond films ; in fact , Bond's trick attaché case is the first true Bond film gadget . In addition , there appears the usual support cast as Lois Maxwell, ¨MoneyPenny¨ , Bernard Lee as M , and Walter Gotell (later played General Gogol) as Morzeny . Here appears three wonderful women ; both of them Beauty Pageant Queens are actresses in this film: Daniela Bianchi, Martine Beswick, Aliza Gur. Bianchi (Italy) and Gur (Israel) were roommates at Miss Universe 1960, which Bianchi won.
The picture contains comic-strip adventure , sensational pursuits , silly set pieces, great stunts , tongue-in check humor ,frantic unstopped action , amazing gimmicks and stimulating images like are the spectacular chases , the overwhelming scenes, and the breathtaking fights . It is like a roller-coaster , as is fast-paced , light, excitement, funny and entertaining ; it's a winner for oo7 fans and non-fans alike . The chase and suspense formula wears strong in this entry . The action-packed includes : impressive helicopter chase scene that pays tribute to Hitchcock's cropduster sequence in ¨North by Northwest¨ , exciting battles at a gypsy camp , and fights aboard a train . Hoping for an end to the Cold War, producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman didn't want James Bond's main enemy to be Russian, so for the film version his nemesis is the fictitious criminal organization Spectre , seeking revenge for the death of their operative . The budget was $2,000,000 , double that of ¨Doctor No¨ . Enjoyable title song and stirring musical score fitting to action by John Barry in his classic style , he will go on a fruitful as a composer includind successful scores as Dancing with Wolves . This is the first James Bond film to feature John Barry as the primary soundtrack composer ; the score allegedly still contains riffs from Monty Norman's work on ¨Doctor No¨. Riveting and fancy main titles by habitual Maurice Binder , furthermore eye-popping production design by Syd Cain . It's brimming with colorful and fascinating cinematography by cameraman Ted Moore . Evocative photography ,much of the film was filmed on location in Turkey , with only a bare minimum of back projection utilized. The motion picture was well directed by Terence Young ,author of three best James Bond films : ¨Dr No¨ , ¨Thunderball¨ and ¨From Russia with love¨ and directed to Audrey Hepburn in a good thriller titled ¨Wait until dark¨ and a failed film titled ¨Bloodline¨.
This solid , slick thriller with magic mix of action-packed , dazzling stunts, gadgetry, and romance provided by sexy company as Daniela Bianchi . Sean Connery as James Bond is very fine , he does remarkably well , he has toughness , irony, humor and sympathy, however also has coldness ,cunning , intelligence and roughness . Sean Connery said that this movie was his personal favorite out of the Bond films he did . Here Bond is an efficient , relentless agent trying to chase obstinately the criminals , traveling around the world as always , as this time is mostly set in Istanbul , Turkey . Bond to achieve his aims , along the way uses violent means , pulling off brutal killings against enemies who wreak all sorts of havoc . As always Bond will use "state of the art" and fantastic gadgets provided by ¨Q¨ in his first intervention by Desmond Llewelyn , he would reprise the role of "Q" in 16 subsequent Bond films ; in fact , Bond's trick attaché case is the first true Bond film gadget . In addition , there appears the usual support cast as Lois Maxwell, ¨MoneyPenny¨ , Bernard Lee as M , and Walter Gotell (later played General Gogol) as Morzeny . Here appears three wonderful women ; both of them Beauty Pageant Queens are actresses in this film: Daniela Bianchi, Martine Beswick, Aliza Gur. Bianchi (Italy) and Gur (Israel) were roommates at Miss Universe 1960, which Bianchi won.
The picture contains comic-strip adventure , sensational pursuits , silly set pieces, great stunts , tongue-in check humor ,frantic unstopped action , amazing gimmicks and stimulating images like are the spectacular chases , the overwhelming scenes, and the breathtaking fights . It is like a roller-coaster , as is fast-paced , light, excitement, funny and entertaining ; it's a winner for oo7 fans and non-fans alike . The chase and suspense formula wears strong in this entry . The action-packed includes : impressive helicopter chase scene that pays tribute to Hitchcock's cropduster sequence in ¨North by Northwest¨ , exciting battles at a gypsy camp , and fights aboard a train . Hoping for an end to the Cold War, producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman didn't want James Bond's main enemy to be Russian, so for the film version his nemesis is the fictitious criminal organization Spectre , seeking revenge for the death of their operative . The budget was $2,000,000 , double that of ¨Doctor No¨ . Enjoyable title song and stirring musical score fitting to action by John Barry in his classic style , he will go on a fruitful as a composer includind successful scores as Dancing with Wolves . This is the first James Bond film to feature John Barry as the primary soundtrack composer ; the score allegedly still contains riffs from Monty Norman's work on ¨Doctor No¨. Riveting and fancy main titles by habitual Maurice Binder , furthermore eye-popping production design by Syd Cain . It's brimming with colorful and fascinating cinematography by cameraman Ted Moore . Evocative photography ,much of the film was filmed on location in Turkey , with only a bare minimum of back projection utilized. The motion picture was well directed by Terence Young ,author of three best James Bond films : ¨Dr No¨ , ¨Thunderball¨ and ¨From Russia with love¨ and directed to Audrey Hepburn in a good thriller titled ¨Wait until dark¨ and a failed film titled ¨Bloodline¨.