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Released: October 5, 1962 (UK)
May 8, 1963 (US)
Length: 1 hr, 51 min.
Bond Is Sent To Jamaica To Investigate The Death Of An MI6 Agent,
Strangways, And To Complete Strangways' Mission Of Finding Out
What Was Disturbing The Launch Of United States Space Missles.
The Women
Honey Rider
Played By:
Ursula Andress
Date Of Birth: March 19, 1936
Place Of Birth: Bern, Switzerland
Ursula Andress Also Appeared In The James Bond Comedy,
"Casino Royale", With
Woody Allen, As The Mysterious Vesper.
Ursula Andress Now Lives In Rome, Italy
Sylvia Trench
Played By:
Eunice Gayson
Eunice Gayson Was First Cast To Play Miss MoneyPenny,
But That Part Was Later Given To Lois Maxwell. The Part Of Sylvia
Trench Was Supposed To Become A Recurring Character As Well As
Moneypenny, But
Goldfinger
Director, Guy Hamilton, Felt That The Character, A London Based
Girlfriend For Bond, Was Too Restricting For The Pre-Credit
Action Sequence, So He Cut It. Sylvia Trench Also Appeared In
"
From Russia With Love".
Eunice Gayson's Daughter Later Appeared As An Extra In
"
Goldeneye".
The Allies
Felix Leiter
Played By:
Jack Lord
Real Name: John Joseph Ryan
Date Of Birth: December 30, 1928
Place Of Birth: New York City, New York
Jack Lord Is Most Well Known For His Role In The Television Show,
Hawaii Five-O.
Quarrel
Played By:
John Kitzmiller
Place Of Birth: BattleCreek, Michigan
Died: February 23, 1965 (Rome, Italy)
John Kitzmiller Was Already A Well Known Actor In Europe Before
He Came Onto The Dr.No Set. Throughout His Career He Made Over
Forty Movies. He Even Won The 1957 Cannes Award For Best Acting
For The Movie, "Dolina Mira".He Had Only Been Married For Two
Months Before He Had Succumbed To Cirrhosis Of The Liver In 1965.
The Villians
Doctor No
Played By:
Joseph Wiseman
Place Of Birth: Montreal, Canada
Professor Dent
Played By:
Anthony Dawson
Although He Wasn't Given Credit, Anthony Dawson Also Appeared
In "
From Russia With Love"
And "
Thunderball"
As The Cat Stroking Spectre No.1, Blofeld.
Miss Taro
Played By:
Zena Marshall
Date Of Birth: 1925
Place Of Birth: Kenya
One Of Zena Marshall's Earlier Roles Was In "Caesar And
Cleopatra"(1945)
The Vehicles
Sunbeam Convertible
Dr. No's Dragon Tank
CREDITS
James Bond...............................Sean Connery
Honey Rider..............................Ursula Andress
Dr. No...................................Joseph Wiseman
Felix Leiter.............................Jack Lord
Quarrel..................................John Kitzmiller
"M"......................................Bernard Lee
Moneypenny...............................Lois Maxwell
"Q" (Major Boothroyd)....................Peter Burton
Professor Dent...........................Anthony Dawson
Miss Taro................................Zena Marshall
Sylvia Trench............................Eunice Gayson
Sister Lily..............................Yvonne Shima
Sister Rose..............................Michel Mok
Produced By: Harry Saltzman
Albert R. Brocoli
Screenplay By: Richard Maibaum
Johanna Harwood
Berkley Mather
Directed By: Terence Young
Music By: Monty Norman
Locations: Jamaica, Crab Key, And London
Gadgets, Weapons, And Vehicles: Berretta, Walther PPK,
Dragon Tank, Sunbeam Convertible
Dr. No Bloopers
1. Bond Meets A Driver Who Say's That He'll Take Bond To Government House. Bond
Goes With Him, Realizing That The Driver Is Actually A Villian. The Two Get
Into A Fist Fight. At One Point, Bond Picks Up The Driver With His Left Hand,
And Cocks His Right Hand To Hit Him. Then He Hits The Driver With His Left Hand!!
2. When Miss Taro Gives Bond Her Address, She Says That She Lives At 239 Magenta
Drive. Later, When Bond Calls For A Taxi, He Says, 2171 Maganta Drive!!
3. When Bond Waits For Professor Dent At Miss Taro's House His Tie Dissapears For
A While When He Attaches The Silencer To His Walther PPK!!
4. When Bond, Ryder, And Quarrel Are Hiding On The Beach On Crab Key, As A Patrol
Boat Passes By, The Soldier On The Boat Tells Them To Come Out Using A MegaPhone.
But Even As He Stops Using The MegaPhone, His Voice Is Still Amplified!!
5. When Bond Escapes From His Cell In Crab Key, He Enters The Ventilation Shaft.
There He Is Surprised By A Large Rush Of Water. But After The Water Passes, Bond
Continues On His Way Out Of The Shaft. One Would Have To Ask, Where Did All Of
That Water Go!?!
6. Bond And Honey Ryder Were Bathing In A Small Pond. At First Thier Hair Is All
Wet, But Well Quarrel Calls To Them, They Emmerge From The Water All Dry.
(Spotted By C Benton ceb1@ukc.ac.uk)
7. When Bond has the tarantula crawling over him you can tell it's super-imposed
or on a sheet of glass because Bond moves and the spider moves the the opposite
way. (Noticed By HNK999C@aol.com)
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