560 From Russia with Love (1963)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
560 From Russia with Love (1963)
- The budget was $2,000,000 (double that of "Dr. No (1962)" (qv)).
- Chosen as the second 007 film after President Kennedy listed the book in his
top ten favorite novels of all time.
- 'Daniela Blanchi' (qv) was 1960's Miss Universe, but being Italian her voice
was dubbed.
- 'Martine Beswick' (qv) (Zora the gypsy) danced in the opening credits of
"Dr. No (1962)" (qv).
- ``Q'' played by 'Desmond Llewelyn' (qv) appears for the first time.
- 'Pedro Armendariz' (qv) was terminally ill during filming. Towards the end of
shooting, 'Terence Young' (qv) had to double for the actor. Shortly after the
film wrapped Armendariz committed suicide.
- During the helicopter sequence towards the end of the film, the inexperienced
pilot flew too close to 'Sean Connery' (qv), almost killing him.
- The title of the film is ``Hearty Kisses From Russia'' in France and
``Agent 007 Sees Red'' in Sweden.
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