From Russia with Love (1963)

Sean Connery: James Bond

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• James Bond : Red wine with fish. Well, that should have told me something.

  Donald "Red" Grant : You may know the right wines, but you're the one on your knees. How does it feel old man?

• Tatiana : Horrible, horrible woman.

  James Bond : Yes, she had her kicks.

• James Bond : Pardon me, do you have a match?

  Kerim's Chauffeur : I use a lighter.

  James Bond : Better still.

  Kerim's Chauffeur : Until they go wrong.

  James Bond : Exactly.

• James Bond : There's a saying in England: Where there's smoke, there's fire.

• James Bond : You're one of the most beautiful girls I've ever seen.

  Tatiana : Thank you, but I think my mouth is too big.

  James Bond : No, it's the right size... for me, that is.

• [refering to the irriating catchphrase Grant keeps repeating] 

  James Bond : "Old man?" Is that what you chaps in SMERSH call each other?

  Donald "Red" Grant : SMERSH?

  James Bond : [after a pause]  Of course... SPECTRE. And it wasn't a Russian show at all. You've been playing us off against each other, haven't you? And it was SPECTRE who killed the Russian agent in the mosque. You?

  Donald "Red" Grant : [quietly]  Uh-huh.

  James Bond : Kerim and the other man?

  Donald "Red" Grant : Uh-huh.

  James Bond : And Nash?

  Donald "Red" Grant : Oh, I don't mind talking. I get a kick out of watching the great James Bond find out what a bloody fool he's been making of himself. We're pros, Mr. Bond. We sweated your recognition code out of one of your men in Tokyo... before he died. I've been keeping tabs on you. I've been your guardian angel. Saved your life at the Gypsy camp.

  [there is a short pause as Bond thinks back and remembers] 

  James Bond : Oh, yes. I'm much obliged.

• Tatiana : [Bond first meets Tatiana, who has crawled naked into his hotel bed]  You look surprised. I thought you were expecting me.

  James Bond : So, you're Tatiana Romanova.

  Tatiana : My friends call me Tania.

  James Bond : Mine call me James Bond.

• James Bond : She should have kept her mouth shut.

• James Bond : Your clock, is it correct?

  Russian Clerk : Always.

  James Bond : But of course.

  [he walks away, checks his watch, then comes back] 

  James Bond : Excuse me, you did say your clock was correct?

  Russian Clerk : Russian clocks are always...

  [the hidden tear-gas bomb explodes] 

• Tatiana : [trying on dresses]  I will wear this one in Piccadilly.

  James Bond : You won't. They've just passed some new laws there.

• [When the two Gypsy girls are brought out to fight, Vavra addresses the tribe in the Romani Gypsy language] 

  Kerim Bey : [translating]  The women will fight until one of them is dead or surrenders. The winner will marry the man they both love, the loser will be cast out of the tribe, never to return. If both quit, the elders of the tribe will then decide who will marry the chief's son.

  [speaking Romani, Vida lets out a long string of curses, glaring venomously at Zora] 

  Kerim Bey : She's saying that...

  James Bond : Yes, I think I got it without the subtitles.

• [on seeing Kerim Bey's office in shambles] 

  James Bond : Well... who won?

  Kerim Bey : I had visitors. Limpet mine on the wall outside - timed to catch me at my desk. But by good fortune, I was relaxing on the settee for a few moments. The girl left in hysterics.

  James Bond : Found your technique too violent?

• James Bond : [in atypical self-effacement]  Suppose when she meets me in the flesh I-I don't come up to expectations?

  M : Just see that you do.

• James Bond : Let's just say that Istanbul's a rough town.

• James Bond : [Playfully]  Once more into the breach, dear friends.

  Miss Moneypenny : And one plane ticket, lucky man. I've never been to Istanbul.

  James Bond : You've never been to Istanbul? Where the moonlight on the Bosphorus is irresistible.

  Miss Moneypenny : Maybe I should get you to take me there someday. I've tried everything else.

  James Bond : Darling, Moneypenny, you know I've never even looked at another woman.

  Miss Moneypenny : Oh, really James?

  James Bond : Let me tell you the secret of the world...

  [Interrupted by M] 

• [Moneypenny, M, and other officials are listening to Bond's taped interview of Tatiana Romanova] 

  Tatiana : There are 24 symbols, 16 code keys. It is inserted in a slot and de message comes out in a peppa roll from a nozzle slot on ze other side. The mechanism is... Oh James, James... Will you make love to me all the time in England?

  James Bond : Day and night. Go on about the mechanism.

• James Bond : How can a friend be in debt?

• Donald "Red" Grant : Is any of the opposition around?

  James Bond : Not in any condition to be worried about.

• [after shooting down a SPECTRE helicopter] 

  James Bond : I'd say one of their aircraft is missing.

• Man in a Punt : Great sport, this!

  Woman in a Punt : What?

  Man in a Punt : I said, it's great sport, this punting!

  [Their punt passes another one beached behind some reeds, where James and Sylvia are making out] 

  James Bond : I couldn't agree with him more.

  Sylvia Trench : Mmm, I may even give up golf for it.

• James Bond : I hope you're not... disappointed.

  Tatiana : I will tell you... in the morning.

• James Bond : Now, listen, just do as I say, will you?

  Tatiana : Yes, James.

  [James slaps Tatiana on the fanny] 

  Tatiana : But, there are some English customs - zat are going to be changed.

  James Bond : But, of course, darling.

  [hands Tatiana his tie, she puts it in her mouth, stretches it out, smiles, and playfully laughs] 

• Donald "Red" Grant : We were keeping you alive until you could get us the Lektor.

  James Bond : So, you had me deliver it on a silver plate? That's brilliant. Go on, I'm fascinated.

  Donald "Red" Grant : Now that we've got it, you and the girl are expendable... from here onto Trieste.

  James Bond : The girl? Isn't she working for SPECTRE too?

  Donald "Red" Grant : No. She thinks she's doing it all for Mother Russia. She takes her orders from Colonel Klebb. And so do I.

  James Bond : Rosa Klebb? But Colonel Rosa Klebb is a Russian, head of operations for SMERSH.

  Donald "Red" Grant : Correction: was. Klebb works for SPECTRE now. The girl doesn't know that.

  James Bond : But why kill her?

  Donald "Red" Grant : Orders. That's only half of it, old man.

  [Grant pulls out a roll of 8mm film and an envelope from his suit pocket] 

  Donald "Red" Grant : Here's a roll of film. She'll have this in her handbag. And on you they'll find this letter. It's from her, threatening to give the film to the press unless you marry her for helping you steal the Lektor.

  James Bond : [confused]  What film?

  Donald "Red" Grant : [sneers]  Taken in the bridal suite at your hotel. Something else the girl didn't know about... or you.

• [last lines] 

  Tatiana : [removes ring and hands it to Bond]  Here you are. In case you ever need it again.

  James Bond : Oh, yes. All government property has to be accounted for. But as I said before, we won't always be working on the company's time. Will we?

  Tatiana : No

  [Tatiana kisses Bond passionately] 

  Tatiana : James, behave yourself. We are being filmed.

  James Bond : Oh, not again.

  [Bond pulls a film reel from his pocket and unwinds it] 

  James Bond : He was right, you know.

  Tatiana : What is it?

  James Bond : I'll show you.

  [Bond kisses Tatiana and throws the film away] 

• James Bond : How about a cigarette?

  Donald 'Red' Grant : Not a chance.

  James Bond : I'll pay for it.

  Donald 'Red' Grant : What with?

  James Bond : Fifty gold sovereigns.

• James Bond : Sylvia, behave! We'll do this again some other time.

  Sylvia Trench : Do what? Last time you said that, you went off to Jamaica.

  [Starts unbuttoning James' shirt] 

  Sylvia Trench : I haven't seen you for six months!

• Kerim Bey : Take a look. You should remember him. This man kills for pleasure.

  James Bond : [Sarcastically]  Nice face.

• James Bond : [Calling room service at this Istanbul hotel]  Hello. Breakfast for one at nine, please. Green figs. Yogurt. Coffee - very black. Thank you.

• [referring to a billboard advertising "Call Me Bwana", starring Anita Ekberg] 

  Kerim Bey : She has a lovely mouth, that Anita.

  James Bond : Yes, I see what you mean.

• [after tying up Benz with his own suit] 

  James Bond : I'm not mad about his tailor, are you?

• James Bond : [to Tatiana]  Keep your head down.

• James Bond : Yes. It does rather suit you.

  Tatiana : I will save everything else for England.

  James Bond : It is four o'clock you know.

  Tatiana : This is not couture in the afternoon? Even on a honeymoon? Then I will - take it off.

  James Bond : I think we're talking in cross purposes again.

• James Bond : Can I have the grilled sole.