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Name: From Russia with Love
Director: Terence Young
Genre: action, adventure, thriller
Released: 1963
Duration: 1 h 55 min
Rating: 7.3

From Russia with Love has an iRankMovies score of 81.1/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

From Russia with Love (1963)

The world's masters of murder pull out all the stops to destroy Agent 007!

Release:1963

Runtime:1h 55m

Country:United Kingdom

Director:Terence Young

Language:English

Genre

ActionAdventureThriller

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Keywords

Assassin London EnglandAssassinationBased On Novel Or BookVenice ItalyEnglandGypsySecret Mission

iRank81

From Russia with Love rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.3/10· 157K votes

Rotten Tomatoes97%

Metacritic83%

TMDb7.057/10· 3K votes

With 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.3/10 on IMDb and 83/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About From Russia with Love

Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.

Cast of From Russia with Love

Sean Connery
as James Bond
Daniela Bianchi
as Tatiana 'Tanja' Romanova
Pedro Armendáriz
as Ali Kerim Bey
Robert Shaw
as Donald 'Red' Grant
Lotte Lenya
as Rosa Klebb
Bernard Lee
as M
Lois Maxwell
as Miss Moneypenny
Eunice Gayson
as Sylvia Trench
Walter Gotell
as Morzeny
Francis de Wolff
as Vavra
George Pastell
as Train Conductor
Nadja Regin
as Kerim's Mistress

From Russia with Love facts

Budget: $2M
Box office: $78.9M
Collection: James Bond Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Vintage spy craft provides understated sophistication compared to later franchise entries
•International locations enhance exotic appeal and globe-trotting adventure authenticity effectively
•Romance with substance grounds action sequences with genuine emotional investment throughout

What the audience disliked

•Pacing drags noticeably during middle sections despite adequate action sequences overall
•Villain presence lacks sufficient menace creating stakes that feel somewhat diminished clearly

Saga: James Bond Collection