January 5 - Dr. No

Today’s movie is a espionage thriller with a scene that happens on January 5. Watch it tonight and enjoy.

DR. NO  

After British agent Strangeways vanishes in Jamaica, MI6 agent James Bond is sent to investigate. On January 5, 1962 [9:45 to 26:53] he arrives in Jamaica. Bond eventually focuses on Crab Key, owned by the reclusive Dr. No. Bond goes there with local boatman Quarrel and meets Honey Ryder, who illegally collects shells there. Quarrell is killed by Dr. No’s henchmen, while Bond and Ryder are captured. Dr. No reveals he is a member of an underground criminal group that intends to disrupt the American Mercury program. Bond escapes, destroys Dr. No’s base, kills him, rescues Honey and escapes.  

Felix Leiter is reading a newspaper @17:35. if you zoom in and freeze you can read the headline “India wins first Test Series with England”, which obliviously occurred the day before, which makes the date of Bond’s arrival this date. A History of Indian Cricket by Mihir Bose (Andre Deutsch, Ltd., London, 1990) at page 433 gives the date of India’s first test cricket win over England as January 4, 1962

Director - Terence Young

Producer - Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli

Screenplay - Richard Maibaum and Johanna Harwood and Berkely Mather

Released –October 5, 1962

Runtime – 1 hour 49 minutes

Starring –

Sean Connery as James Bond, British MI6 agent, codename 007

Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder, a local shell diver

Joseph Wiseman as Dr. Julius No: a reclusive member of SPECTRE

Jack Lord as Felix Leiter: A CIA operative

Bernard Lee as M: The head of the British Secret Service

Anthony Dawson as Professor R.J. Dent: A geologist with a practice in Kingston

John Kitzmiller as Quarrel: A Cayman Islander who was employed by John Strangways

Zena Marshall as Miss Taro: a double agent working for Dr. No

Eunice Gayson as Sylvia Trench

Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny: The secretary to M

Peter Burton as Q: The head of Q-Branch

Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.