Bond 1

It may have been the first James Bond motion picture but for some reason I am oddly disconnected from Dr. No. I have no idea what the plot to the movie is and have only a passing remembrance of the villian. For me, the top Bond movie of the era is Goldfinger.

Of course Ursula Andress makes Dr. No a definite must see and if you can't see it then The Rued Morgue has the rundown. Something I didn't know...

The search for an actor to play Bond led Broccoli and Saltzman to consider a number of choices, including Cary Grant (Broccoli decided against him because he wanted an actor that would become part of the series and Grant would have likely been a one time deal) as well as Roger Moore, who was tied up at the time with The Saint. Sean Connery was an up and comer, having worked with Terence Young in Action of the Tiger (1957). Broccoli was impressed with him in Disney’s Darby O’Gill (1959) and he landed the part. It is hard to think of an actor, including Moore, who could have more firmly established the character as quickly and fully as Connery did.