Summary
-A highly skilled British government agent is looking for answers in the disappearance of a colleague and disruptions in the American space program
-Sean Connery: James Bond
-Ursula Andress: Honey Rider
-Joseph Wiseman: Dr. No
-Jack Lord: Felix Leiter
-Bernard Lee: M
-Lois Maxwell: Miss Moneypenny
-Anthony Dawson: Professor Dent
-Zena Marshall: Miss Taro
-John Kitzmiller: Quarrel
-Eunice Gayson: Sylvia Trench
-All the sets were created smaller than they were in real life to make Bond appear larger
-Since Sean Connery had started losing his hair at 17, he had to be fitted with a wet toupee for water scenes and a dry one for other scenes. From Goldfinger on, he wore a full wig.
-Sean Connery was deathly afraid of spiders. The scene with the spider in his bed was filmed with a sheet of glass between him and the spider
-Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond stories, called this movie "dreadful"
-Initially, Bernard Lee, who plays M, states he works for MI7. He said, during the take, MI6. It had been dubbed out of fear of offending the real-life MI6. In the later movies, it's clear Bond works for the famed British intelligence agency
-Ian Fleming was strongly against Connery being cast as Bond because of the vast differences. Connery was Scottish while Bond was English. Bond came from an upper-class background while Connery came from a working-class background. Bond was highly educated and refined while Connery seemed too rugged. After seeing the film, Fleming relented and agreed Connery was perfect. In the film In Her Majesty's Secret Service, Bond revealed his Scottish heritage and Bond's girlfriend Theresa "Tracy" Vicenzo was described using Ursula Andress' details
-Producers were skeptical of whether Connery could play Bond. Because of Connery's working-class background and leaving school at fifteen to join the Royal Navy and holding various jobs, including milkman, his working-class background made him perfect
-The suits Connery wore were made by Anthony Sinclair, a tailor on London's famous Saville Row. Sinclair stated that his suits would be truly great and take a lot of abuse and still look good afterwards. To prove a point, Sean Connery was asked to sleep in his suit. When he woke up the next morning, it still looked good
-Sean Connery won the role of James Bond after producer Albert Broccoli saw Connery's film Darby O'Gill & The Little People
-The rumors of Ursula Andress being naked in the shower are false. The scene showing her "naked" after washing off the radiation are false. She's actually wearing a nude-colored one-piece swimsuit
-James Bond author Ian Fleming served in the military during WWII. He served in British Naval Intelligence and was friendly with David Niven, who was then a Major in the British Commandos. David Niven was Fleming's choice to play James Bond. Niven even has the honor of being the only actor mentioned in the novels, specifically You Only Live Twice
-United Artists financed this movie on June 20, 1961 after many other studios labelled this film "too British" or "too blatantly sexual"
-Two weeks prior to filming, the role of Honey Rider was yet to be cast. A picture of an unknown actress named Ursula Andress in a wet t-shirt was seen and producers offered her the role without meeting her
-Despite filming on location in Jamaica, the majority of the film crew were British. During the time of filming, Jamaica was part of the West Indies Federation and a British Crown Colony. Jamaica won its independence from Britain on Aug. 6, 1962, two months prior to the release of the movie
-Due to the low budget, Lois Maxwell, who plays Miss Moneypenny, wore her own clothes to cut costs
-This film has the most unique card games in a James Bond film. The card games are Bridge, Patience (solitaire), Texas Hold 'em and Chemin de Fer/Baccarat. Bond plays the first three
-Lois Maxwell won the role of Miss Moneypenny after Ian Fleming thought she fit the character perfectly
-Marguerite LeWars, who plays Annabel, had been working as a flight attendant for then airline British West Indies Airlines. Terence Young approached her with the old cliche line "Would you like to be in movies?" LeWars' brother-in-law Reggie Carter plays the chauffeur, the first villain James Bond meets
-This film marks what is the first technical "Bond Car". It's a 1957 Chevy Bel Air convertible. The first car James Bond drives that he chooses is a Sunbeam Tiger convertible. The novels state he drives a 1930 Bentley convertible. This car is seen once, parked in From Russia With Love. It's not until the third film in the series, Goldfinger, that Bond drives the iconic Aston Martin DB5
-The music of this movie is said to have started the reggae/ska trend in Britain
-During a scene on the beach where Dr. No's henchmen come on to the beach to kill Bond, Quarrel and Honey, the gunfire attracted the attention of US Naval officers, who were off duty and were curious about the gunfire
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