Directed by Terence Young • 1963 • United Kingdom
Starring Sean Connery, Pedro Armendáriz, Lotte Lenya

International crime outfit SPECTRE has hatched a plan to steal a decoder that will access Russian state secrets and irrevocably disrupt the world order. It’s up to James Bond (Sean Connery) to seize the device, but he must confront enemies that include Red Grant (Robert Shaw) and former KGB agent Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya). Even as Bond romances a Soviet defector (Daniela Bianchi), he realizes he is being lured into a deadly trap. With its memorable villains, atmospheric international settings from Istanbul to Venice, and sense of gritty realism, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE stands as a high point in the 007 canon.