From Russia With Love (1963)

MI6
Moneypenny
Moneypenny
Played by Lois Maxwell
Moneypenny returns in the second Bond movie, again flirting with Bond and saying it will be a miracle if a tardy 007 can explain where he has been all day.

 

M
M
Played by Bernard Lee
M sternly reviews the danger of the missing cipher machine the Lektor and about the Russian cipher clerk Tatiana Romanova. He also presses 007 to pay attention to Q’s gadget briefcase, which is now standard issue to all 00 agents.

 

Q
Q
Played by Desmond Llewelyn
One of the most beloved characters of the franchise, Q is MI6’s gadget man. Q had the distinction of being portrayed by the same actor, Desmond Llewelyn, for almost 35 years, starting in From Russia With Love, where he reviews the functionality of a gadget-laden briefcase.

 

Allies
Kerim Bey
Kerim Bey
Played by Pedro Armendariz
Kerim Bey is Bond’s aid during his mission in Istanbul in From Russia With Love. Pedro Armendariz was terminally ill during filming so towards the end of shooting director Terence Young had to double for him. The actor’s son played president Hector Lopez in Licence To Kill 26 years later.

 

Girls
Tatiana Romanova
Tatiana Romanova
Played by Daniela Bianchi
Romanova is a Russian office clerk who is used to lure Bond to Istanbul in the second Bond film From Russia With Love. Of course, Tatiana falls for Bond during the mission. Bianchi’s voice was dubbed in the film because of her hard Italian accent. Also, Miss Bianchi was Miss Universum 1960.

 

Henchmen
Donald 'Red' Grant
Donald ‘Red’ Grant
Played by Robert Shaw
One of the most dangerous men Bond has been up against, Grant is a convicted killer trained by SPECTRE. In From Russia With Love his mission is simply to revenge Dr. No’s death by killing Bond. He is only finally defeated by 007’s Q branch briefcase.

 

Kronsteen
Kronsteen
Played by Vladek Sheybal
Alongside Red Grant, Kronsteen serves as a hurdle Bond has to overcome to defeat Blofeld’s menacing in From Russia With Love.

 

Villains
Rosa Klebb
Rosa Klebb
Played by Lotte Lenya
Klebb defected from SMERSH to join SPECTRE as their number 3. She entices Bond into a trap by using a LEKTOR decoder and beautiful Russian cypher clerk as a bait. She possesses the infamous poison-tipped shoes that Bond has to avoid in a fight scene in the film.

 

Animals
Siamese Fighting Fish
Siamese Fighting Fish
Blofeld uses his fighting fish as an analogy for when SPECTRE strikes their enemies at their weakest from another fight.

 

Blofeld's Persian Cat
Blofeld’s Persian Cat
The head of SPECTRE loves his iconic Persian cat, and has him on his lap throughout the movie.

 

Stray Cat
Stray Cat
It’s hard to see behind the balcony railing spindles, but a stray cat walks by as Tatiana Romanova visits Rosa Klebb for her next mission.