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James Bond is sent to steal a top-secret Soviet decoding machine and ends up helping its operator defect to the West. However, he discovers the mission is really a trap set by international crime syndicate Spectre, and struggles to evade his would-be assassins. Spy thriller, starring Sean Connery, Robert Shaw and Lotte Lenya
1963
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Espionage
Movie/Drama
Thriller
Cast & Crew
Sean Connery
(Actor)
.. James Bond
Robert Shaw
(Actor)
.. Red Grant
Daniela Bianchi
(Actor)
.. Tatiana Romanova
Lotte Lenya
(Actor)
.. Rosa Klebb
Pedro Armendariz
(Actor)
.. Kerim Bey
Bernard Lee
(Actor)
.. M.
Eunice Gayson
(Actor)
.. Sylvia Trench
Walter Gotell
(Actor)
.. Morzeny
Lois Maxwell
(Actor)
.. Miss Moneypenny
Francis De Wolff
(Actor)
.. Vavra
Terence Young
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Sean Connery
(Actor)
.. James Bond
Born:
August 25, 1930
in
Fountainbridge, Edinburgh
Best Known For:
Being the first big-screen James Bond.
Early-life:
Thomas Sean Connery was born in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh on August 25, 1930. He first worked as a milkman and coffin polisher before joining the Navy at 16. During his spell in the service he had two tattoos etched on his right arm; he was eventually forced to leave after developing a stomach ulcer. At 19, he made ends meet as an artist's model at Edinburgh's School of Art. He also competed in the Mr Universe body-building competition in 1953.
Career:
While still a bodybuilder, Sean was offered the chance to appear in a West End production of South Pacific, which kick-started his acting career. His film debut came in 1955's Lilacs in the Spring, but he didn't become a major star until he appeared as Bond in 1962's Dr No. It remains his most famous role, despite hits including The Man Who Would Be King, Rising Sun, A Bridge Too Far, Time Bandits, Highlander, The Rock, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Entrapment. He won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Untouchables in 1987.
Quote:
"I never disliked Bond, as some have thought. Creating a character like that does take a certain craft. It's simply natural to seek other roles."
Trivia:
He was knighted in 2000.
Robert Shaw
(Actor)
.. Red Grant
Daniela Bianchi
(Actor)
.. Tatiana Romanova
Lotte Lenya
(Actor)
.. Rosa Klebb
Pedro Armendariz
(Actor)
.. Kerim Bey
Bernard Lee
(Actor)
.. M.
Eunice Gayson
(Actor)
.. Sylvia Trench
Walter Gotell
(Actor)
.. Morzeny
Lois Maxwell
(Actor)
.. Miss Moneypenny
Francis De Wolff
(Actor)
.. Vavra
Terence Young
(Director)
