From Russia With Love

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From Russia With Love

PG

1963

1h 58m

Action

Adventure

Mystery & Thriller

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Agent 007 (Sean Connery) is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya) and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana (Daniela Bianchi) to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.

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Critics Consensus

The second James Bond film, From Russia with Love is a razor-sharp, briskly-paced Cold War thriller that features several electrifying action scenes.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

03/25/2024

It unfolds like a profoundly “old-fashioned” spy story, with a conspicuous Cold War milieu, a Soviet cryptography device reminiscent of the Enigma machine and, best of all, an extended sequence set aboard the Orient Express.

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Richard Roud

Guardian

09/29/2021

A highly immoral film in every imaginable way but it sure is fun...

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Derek Adams

Time Out

04/24/2009

3/5

The film lacks the exotic, colourful flamboyance of the best of its successors. So shoot me.

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Sarah Cortinaz

InSession Film

04/23/2024

The Cold War story is utterly fun even if the action is on the cheesy side.

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Carson Timar

ButteredPopcorn

08/28/2022

A-

It is the mix of cliches, interesting stories, good action, and pure charisma that all blend together in a way that defined a genre that would never be the same after.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

09/25/2021

3.5/4

Sean Connery's favorite Bond movie is based on John F. Kennedy's favorite Bond book, and who are we to argue with their tastes?

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Chris S

@Janomi Jul 9

From Russia with Love gives Sean Connery one of his strongest early Bond appearances. He feels fully settled into the role here: suave, amused, dangerous, and ruthless when needed, with a looser confidence than he had in Dr. No. The film also works well as a more grounded spy thriller. The cipher machine plot, double-crosses, surveillance, assassins, and Cold War manipulation give it a serious espionage feel that separates it from the larger, more gadget-heavy Bond films that would follow. Robert Shaw plays Red Grant with patience and controlled menace, making him feel more dangerous than Dr. No did in the previous film. The Orient Express section is the clear highlight, using the confined train setting for deception, suspense, and a brutal Bond/Grant fight. The pacing can feel slow by modern Bond standards, but From Russia with Love is good, stylish, and one of the more focused early entries.

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IAM M

@IAM1655 Jun 7

The second installment of the James Bond franchise. In my opinion, this movie is far more better than Dr. No. We meet SPECTRE for the first time, and Robert Shaw is magnificent as Red Grant. His fight with Bond is one of the best fights in the whole series. I didn't really like Tatiana that much, but she isn't one of the worst Bond girls.

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Ben W

@Username618 Mar 28

something about a shoe...

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M B

@Timbero Mar 14

Excellent, only 2nd to Goldfinger

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Jeremy P.

@Jezza_Linko Mar 4

all James Bond movies of the original crew are good there was a few James Bond characters that were not that good

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Alec B

@Alec97 Feb 9

A very good balance of silly material (the girl fight in the camp) and serious tension (just about everything on the train). Lotte Lenya and Robert Shaw are a great pair of villains.

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Synopsis

Agent 007 (Sean Connery) is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya) and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana (Daniela Bianchi) to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.

Director: Terence Young
Producer: Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman
Screenwriter: Ian Fleming, Johanna Harwood, Richard Maibaum
Distributor: United Artists
Production Co: Danjaq Productions, Eon Productions Ltd.
Rating: PG
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 8, 1963, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 1, 2016
Runtime: 1h 58m