Released in 1962, Dr No starred Connery as the British secret agent in a groundbreaking action film that became a worldwide hit.
It also established one of the longest-running and highest-grossing film franchises. Here we go behind the scenes, with Connery, Ursula Andress and author Ian Fleming
Eunice Gayson and Connery wait between takes in a scene in James Bond’s apartment. (Only the section of the ceiling that would be visible in shot was added to the set.)
Gayson played Sylvia Trench, and was seen in the legendary “Bond, James Bond” sequence, playing baccarat with 007
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A fight scene with Connery punching his way through Dr No’s fortress. Stuntman Bob Simmons is the unfortunate henchman going headfirst into a pile of cardboard boxes
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Connery operates the clapperboard on location in Jamaica in February 1962
During a break in a filming, Connery bops with Marguerite LeWars (centre), a former Miss Jamaica who played Dr No’s photographer Annabel Chung. Local ska outfit Byron Lee and the Dragonaires were cast as the hotel band
Producers Cubby Broccoli, far left, and Harry Saltzman, far right, flank Ian Fleming (sitting) and Sean Connery for a promotional shot taken at the Eon production offices before filming began
Set of production stills of Connery and Ursula Andress shooting the first ‘white bikini’ scene, filmed at a private beach at Laughing Waters in Jamaica.
The contact sheet shows former bodybuilder Connery fooling around for the camera, and director Terence Young applying blanco to Andress’s belt
Connryy sitting with Bond author Ian Fleming, right, who visited the set. Connery said: ‘When I spoke about Bond with Fleming, he said that when the character was conceived, Bond was a very simple, straightforward, blunt instrument of the police force, a functionary who would carry out his job rather doggedly.
But he also had a lot of idiosyncrasies that were considered snobbish – such as a taste for special wines, etc’
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