DR. NO (1962) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Terence Young
Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman,
Jack Lord, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell
The first big-screen adaptation of an Ian Fleming/James Bond novel, in which a lean, young Sean Connery jets off to Jamaica to take on a power-mad scientist played by Joseph Wiseman. Ursula Andress turns up in a famous white bikini, just to keep things interesting. When this movie was made, JFK was in the White House, Banks and Mays and Aaron were hitting home runs, Jamaican music meant calypso, not reggae, and the Beatles were an obscure rock & roll band playing clubs around Hamburg and Liverpool. Jeez, was it that long ago?
Joseph Wiseman
(1918-2009)
