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From Russia with Love (1963) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Terence Young and produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli.

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Film Albums: From Russia with Love - Si Zentner and his Orchestra

By The Metzinger Sisters on Feb 22, 2026 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"If there ever was a 'Si Zentner kind of music', this is it -- music of great intensity and drive, just right for Si's big band style". So reads the album notes of Si Zentner & his Orchestra's From Russia with Love album from 1964 and boy are they right! The handsome orchestra leader had a disti... Read full article


Film Albums: From Russia with Love ( 1964 ) - Si Zentner and his Orchestra

By The Metzinger Sisters on Sep 28, 2022 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

If you ever heard the music of big band leader Si Zentner you would know that he is famous for his exciting bold brassy sound, so, when the James Bond films exploded onto film in the early 1960s with their bold sound as well, it seemed a natural choice that Si Zentner would release an album of Bond ... Read full article


From Russia with Love (1963)

By Beatrice on Dec 10, 2017 From Flickers in Time

From Russia with Love Directed by Terence Young Written by Richard Malbaum; adapted by Johanna Harwood from a novel by Ian Fleming 1963/UK Eon Productions Repeat viewing/Amazon Prime Tatiana: My friends call me Tania. James Bond: Mine call me James Bond. My favorite Bond ever is back in another a... Read full article


From Russia With Love (1963) – Updated

By 4 Star Film Fan on May 29, 2015 From 4 Star Films

To Love it, To Love it Not… Sean Connery is back as Bond and so there is plenty to enjoy with From Russia with Love (1963). Out of personal preference, my top three favorite films in the franchise would have to include Goldfinger (1964), Casino Royale (2006) and this beauty, all packed ?with q... Read full article


Review: From Russia With Love (1963)

By 4 Star Film Fan on May 29, 2015 From 4 Star Films

To Love it, To Love it Not… Sean Connery is back as Bond and so there is plenty to enjoy with From Russia with Love (1963). Out of personal preference, my top three favorite films in the franchise would have to include Goldfinger (1964), Casino Royale (2006) and this beauty, all packed ?with q... Read full article


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Quotes from

James Bond: How about a cigarette?
Donald 'Red' Grant: Not a chance.
James Bond: I'll pay for it.
Donald 'Red' Grant: What with?
James Bond: Fifty gold sovereigns.


James Bond: [in atypical self-effacement] Suppose when she meets me in the flesh I-I don't come up to expectations?
M: Just see that you do.


Ernst Blofeld: Siamese fighting fish, fascinating creatures. Brave but of the whole stupid. Yes they're stupid. Except for the occasional one such as we have here who lets the other two fight. While he waits. Waits until the survivor is so exhausted that he cannot defend himself, and then like SPECTRE... he strikes!
Rosa Klebb: I find the parallel... amusing.
Ernst Blofeld: Our organization did not arrange for you to come over from the Russians just for amusement, Number 3.


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Red Grant has no dialog until he first meets Bond, first speaking in a rich, upper class English accent. After he's revealed his true identity to Bond, Grant's English accent changes into a lower-class Irish accent as he is explaining the SPECTRE background plot.
The first line of the Ian Fleming James Bond novel "From Russia with Love" reads: "The naked man who lay splayed out on his face beside the swimming pool might have been dead." The last line reads: "He said, or thought he said, 'I've already got the loveliest...'. Bond pivoted slowly on his heel and crashed headlong to the wine-red floor."
Assistant director Kit Lambert later became a record producer and manager for the rock band The Who.
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