Dr. No
Movie, 1962, Sean Connery, Set in 1962
Dr. No is #1 of 27 in release order and #1 of 27 in chronological order in the James Bond.
The story
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.
Dr. No recap
The British station chief in Jamaica, Strangways, is murdered, and M sends James Bond to find out why. Bond dodges assassins, works with the CIA's Felix Leiter and the local boatman Quarrel, and traces Strangways's interest to Crab Key, an island owned by the reclusive Dr. Julius No. Someone has been sending radio signals that knock American rockets off course from Cape Canaveral. Bond and Quarrel land on Crab Key and meet Honey Ryder, a shell collector. No's men attack with a flame-throwing "dragon" tank, kill Quarrel and capture Bond and Honey. Over dinner, No reveals he works for SPECTRE, a criminal organisation, and has steel hands from a radiation accident.
Dr. No ending explained
Bond escapes through an air duct, disguises himself as a technician and overloads No's nuclear reactor just as a rocket is due to launch. He fights No on the platform, and No, unable to grip the metal with his mechanical hands, slides into the boiling cooling pool and dies. Bond rescues Honey and the two escape before the base explodes, drifting in a boat until Leiter picks them up. SPECTRE comes back in the next film.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Dr. No
Dr. No is streaming on Prime Video in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%
Where it fits
- Release order: first, before From Russia with Love.
- Chronological order: first, before From Russia with Love.
What to watch before Dr. No
Nothing. Dr. No is the first of the James Bond essentials, so it's the place to start.
Cast
- Sean Connery as James Bond
- Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder
- Joseph Wiseman as Dr. No
- Jack Lord as Felix Leiter
- Anthony Dawson as Professor R. J. Dent
- Zena Marshall as Miss Taro
- John Kitzmiller as Quarrel
- Eunice Gayson as Sylvia Trench
- Bernard Lee as M
- Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
- Peter Burton as Major Boothroyd
- Yvonne Shima as Sister Lily
Directed by Terence Young.