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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.

  1. 1
    London

    Bond is lured into a Soviet trap baited with a defector and a decoder.

  2. 2
    Istanbul

    Among the cisterns and bazaars he allies with station chief Kerim Bey.

  3. 3
    Belgrade

    Aboard the Orient Express, the stolen Lektor device heads west.

  4. 4
    Zagreb

    A SPECTRE assassin closes in on Bond in the dining car.

  5. 5
    Trieste

    A brutal fight leaves Bond the victor as the train nears the border.

  6. 6
    Venice

    Bond escapes by boat to the lagoon city, mission accomplished.

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