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Licence to Thrill. Reading James Bond as a Cultural Phenomenon


The Bond Films

Bond 1

Dr. No (1962)

Bond Actor: Sean Connery
Directed by Terence Young
Music by Monty Norman, John Barry

Detailed Cast & Crew: IMDb Entry

The first Bond movie introduces Sean Connery as British MI6 Agent 007, James Bond, with the license to kill. His mission is to stop a megalomaniac scientist called Dr. No, who plans to interfere with US space launches.

The movie is set in the Jamaica region, Ursula Andress stars as the first Bond girl. The famous landing scene on Dr. No's Island will be later parodized by the second installment of the "Austin Powers" series.