From Russia With Love (1963)

Red Grant's watch garrote in From Russia With Love (1963)

Not a Yo-yo

Red Grant's watch garrote in From Russia With Love (1963)

Red Grant’s watch garrote in From Russia With Love (1963)

The James Bond mask from the opening sequence of From Russia With Love (1963)

James Bond or serial killer mask?

The James Bond mask from the opening sequence of From Russia With Love (1963)

The James Bond mask from the opening sequence of From Russia With Love (1963) – NOTE: Movie screenshot is rotated 90 degrees clockwise.

Red Grant kills a James Bond stand-in that wears this creepy, pale James Bond (Sean Connery) mask in a training exercise at the beginning of From Russia With Love (1963)…something a serial killer could wear!

From Russia With Love (1963) Trailer Animation

From Russia With Love Trailer Animation

From Russia With Love (1963) Trailer Animation

Sean Connery as James Bond in From Russia With Love (1963)

From Russia With Love: A Haiku

Sean Connery as James Bond in From Russia With Love (1963)

Sean Connery as James Bond in From Russia With Love (1963)

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From Russia With Love

FRWL & “Call Me Bwana”: Eon’s only non-Bond

Bond and Kerim Bey are about to assassinate a Russian agent during a pivotal sequence in From Russia With Love (1963), when an interesting movie poster crops up in the foreground of a building:

Call Me Bwana (1963) movie poster as seen in From Russia With Love (1963)

Call Me Bwana (1963) movie poster as seen in From Russia With Love (1963)

Call Me Bwana (1963) movie poster as seen in From Russia With Love (1963)

Call Me Bwana (1963) movie poster as seen in From Russia With Love (1963)

“Harry Saltzman Albert R. Broccoli Present”? Is this another Bond movie?!

Nope, it’s a poster for Call Me Bwana (1963), the only other non-James Bond produced Eon Productions movie. It was a farce film that starred Bob Hope and Anita Ekberg. Check out its bizarre plot at its Wikipedia page. Cool huh?

James Bond writes From Russia, With Love in From Russia With Love (1963)

Kronsteen is summoned by SPECTRE during his chess match in From Russia With Love (1963)

Kronsteen gets the message

Kronsteen is summoned by SPECTRE during his chess match in From Russia With Love (1963)

*gulp* SPECTRE calls…He’s lucky he got checkmate on the next move.

Kronsteen is summoned by SPECTRE during his chess match in From Russia With Love (1963)