This is also the first novel in which Bond receives a gadget from Q-Branch, although Q is not in the novel. Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.įrom Russia with Love differs from Fleming's previous Bond novels in that the first one third of the novel revolves around SMERSH's executioner, Red Grant as well as the organization, SMERSH, itself. It is more commonly printed without the punctuation.
The title of the book sometimes is printed with a comma, as From Russia, With Love, depending upon the publisher. In 2004, Total Film magazine named it the ninth-greatest British film of all time. Though the film's low-key tone contrasts with the outlandishness of Goldfinger, the quality of the screenplay-and the performances of the actors (hero, Connery, and villain, Robert Shaw) - make it an outstanding 007 film, more than four decades after its premiere. Kennedy included it in a list of his favorite novels. Its biggest boost came four years after From Russia With Love was published from an article in Life magazine on Main which U.S. The novel is credited with launching the James Bond craze, and leading to the film series.
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Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and directed by Terence Young.įrom Russia With Love is considered both the best James Bond novel, and the best of the James Bond film series by many fans and critics, and by actor Sean Connery (although even critical opinion varies greatly). The cinematic From Russia With Love was released in 1963, produced by Albert R. It is the second James Bond series film, and the second starring Sean Connery as James Bond, British Secret Service agent 007. A 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition For the video game see From Russia With Loveįrom Russia With Love, published in 1957, is the fifth James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming.