Film

Dr. No 1962

Directed by Terence Young

  • Adventure, Action, Thriller
  • 110 min
  • PG

Now meet the most extraordinary gentleman spy in all fiction!

Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.

AdventureActionThrillerexotic islandlondon, englandspace marinecard gameassassinationcasinobased on novel or bookenglandsecret missionspysecret intelligence servicejamaica

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