Terence Young · 1963 · thriller
Terence Young's 1963 film. Lured to Istanbul by the promise of a Soviet cipher machine and a defecting clerk, Bond is the target of a SPECTRE trap. He escapes west aboard the Orient Express through the Balkans, fighting the assassin Red Grant, and on through Venice as the plot unravels.
- 1London
Bond is lured into a Soviet trap baited with a defector and a decoder.
- 2Istanbul
Among the cisterns and bazaars he allies with station chief Kerim Bey.
- 3Belgrade
Aboard the Orient Express, the stolen Lektor device heads west.
- 4Zagreb
A SPECTRE assassin closes in on Bond in the dining car.
- 5Trieste
A brutal fight leaves Bond the victor as the train nears the border.
- 6Venice
Bond escapes by boat to the lagoon city, mission accomplished.