History Trivia / DrNo

** During the initial briefing, M says that he recently was put in charge of [=MI7=]. Creator/BernardLee originally said [=MI6=] during the take, but this has been overdubbed, possibly for fear of offending the real-life organization. In later Bond movies, however, 007 clearly works for [=MI6=].

** ''007 And Dr. No'' (Finland).

** Creator/UrsulaAndress (Honey Rider) is a Swiss playing a white Jamaican descended from an old-established (presumably British) colonial family.

** There was no financial possibility to ship a luxury car to Jamaica. The Sunbeam Alpine Series II Connery drives in the film was borrowed to a local resident. According to the producers, it was "the only decent sports car on the island".

* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The idea of Rider being trapped among crabs was scrapped because the crabs that would attack her weren't moving (being flown frozen from the Caribbean didn't help...).

** Creator/UrsulaAndress has a very thick accent, so she was dubbed not once but actually twice in the movie. Nikki van der Zyl dubbed all of her dialogue, while the calypso was sung by Diana Coupland. Indeed, van der Zyl dubbed the voices of the original Bond girl, Sylvia Trench; the secretary to Strangways, Mary Trueblood; and CameraFiend Annabelle Chung.

* NonSingingVoice: Creator/UrsulaAndress had a singing voice actress, Diana Coupland, then-wife of composer Monty Norman.

* ActingForTwo: Nikki van der Zyl voiced Honey Ryder and Sylvia Trench, as well as all of the other female characters besides Creator/LoisMaxwell, Yvonne Shima, Michel Mok and Zena Marshall.

** Creator/UnitedArtists only lent $1 million to make the film (in 2018 dollars, this amounts to about $8.4 million). The art director got some extra cash from the producers' own pockets, and the special effects people convinced UA to give an extra $100,000 to do the CollapsingLair. For comparison, the budget for the most expensive film in the franchise, ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', was anywhere between ''245 and 300 million'' in 2010s dollars (and ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' is also in this ballpark).

* CreatorChosenCasting:
** Creator/LoisMaxwell was cast after Creator/IanFleming thought she was the perfect fit for Miss Moneypenny.
** Creator/TerenceYoung had previously worked with Creator/EuniceGayson on ''Zarak'' and told her, "You always bring me luck in my films", although she was also cast due to her voluptuous figure.
** Young met Anthony Dawson when he was working as a stage actor in London, but by the time of the film's shooting Dawson was working as a pilot and crop duster in Jamaica.

** ''Licence to Kill''/''Agent 007: Licence to Kill'' (Italy).

** ''Agent 007 With A Licence To Kill'' (Sweden).

** While it may no longer exist, a similar {{fan vid}} is available with images from James Bond is available [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_3Lag-3j2o here]].

* StuntDouble: Regular stuntman Bob Simmons played Mr. Jones in the bits where Bond beats him up.

* InspirationForTheWork: In March 1956, Fleming and his friend Ivar Bryce accompanied Robert Cushman Murphy (of the American Museum of Natural History) and Arthur Vernay (of the Flamingo Protection Society) on a trip to a flamingo colony on Great Inagua in the south of the Bahamas. The colony was 100 square miles (260 km
) of dense mangrove swamp and salt flats, home to flamingos, egrets and roseate spoonbills; the location inspired Crab Key.

* HypotheticalCasting: Creator/IanFleming asked his friend and neighbour Creator/NoelCoward to play Dr. No. His response was , "Dr. No? No, no, no!"

* InspirationForTheWork: In March 1956, Fleming and his friend Ivar Bryce accompanied Robert Cushman Murphy (of the American Museum of Natural History) and Arthur Vernay (of the Flamingo Protection Society) on a trip to a flamingo colony on Great Inagua in the south of the Bahamas. The colony was 100 square miles (260 km) of dense mangrove swamp and salt flats, home to flamingos, egrets and roseate spoonbills; the location inspired Crab Key.

* InspirationForTheWork: In March 1956, Fleming and his friend Ivar Bryce accompanied Robert Cushman Murphy (of the American Museum of Natural History) and Arthur Vernay (of the Flamingo Protection Society) on a trip to a flamingo colony on Great Inagua in the south of the Bahamas. The colony was 100 square miles (260 km
) of dense mangrove swamp and salt flats, home to flamingos, egrets and roseate spoonbills; the location inspired Crab Key.

* InspirationForTheWork: In March 1956, Fleming and his friend Ivar Bryce accompanied Robert Cushman Murphy (of the American Museum of Natural History) and Arthur Vernay (of the Flamingo Protection Society) on a trip to a flamingo colony on Great Inagua in the south of the Bahamas. The colony was 100 square miles (260 km2) of dense mangrove swamp and salt flats, home to flamingos, egrets and roseate spoonbills; the location inspired Crab Key.

** Also, massive props have to be given to Creator/KenAdam, who succeeded in giving a multimillion-dollar veneer to his cheaply made sets. Many pieces of scenery were made with cheap materials, with M's office featuring cardboard paintings and a door covered in a leather-like plastic, the room where Dent meets Dr. No costing only 745 pounds to build, and the aquarium in Dr. No's base is just magnified stock footage of goldfish.

** Also, massive props have to be given to Creator/KenAdam, who succeeded in giving a multimillion-dollar veneer to his cheaply made sets. Many pieces of scenery were made in cheaper ways, with M's office featuring cardboard paintings and a door covered in a leather-like plastic, the room where Dent meets Dr. No costing only 745 pounds to build, and the aquarium in Dr. No's base is just magnified stock footage of goldfish.

** Creator/UrsulaAndress has a very thick accent, so she was dubbed not once but actually twice in the movie. Nikki van der Zyl dubbed all of her dialogue, while the calypso was sung by Diana Coupland. Indeed, van der Zyl dubbed the voices of the original Bond girl, Sylvia Trench; the secretary to Strangways, Mary Trueblood; and CameraFiend Annabelle Chung. The only woman to speak in her normal voice in the film was Creator/LoisMaxwell.

** Every single woman in the film (barring Creator/LoisMaxwell, Yvonne Shima & Michel Mok) is overdubbed in post-production by the same actress, Nikki van der Zyl.
** Several of the male supporting parts were looped by Robert Rietti.

** United Artists only lent $1 million to make the film (in 2018 dollars, this amounts to about $8.4 million). The art director got some extra cash from the producers' own pockets, and the special effects people convinced UA to give an extra $100,000 to do the CollapsingLair. For comparison, the budget for the most expensive film in the franchise, ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', was anywhere between ''245 and 300 million'' in 2010s dollars (and ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' is also in this ballpark).

* FanNickname: Creator/UrsulaAndress as "Ursula Undress" due to her famous bikini scene. She was actually cast after the producers saw her in a wet t-shirt contest.

** Creator/LoisMaxwell was cast after Creator/Ianleming thought she was the perfect fit for Miss Moneypenny.

* DarkhorseCasting: Creator/UrsulaAndress was cast because she fit [[Creator/AlbertRBroccoli Albert R. Broccoli's]] description of "an unknown with a new face who wouldn't demand an outrageous salary." Seeing a photograph of her in a wet t-shirt obviously didn't hinder that decision either.

** Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny) is Canadian.

** Due to the low budget, only one sound editor was hired (normally there are two, for sound effects and dialogue), and many pieces of scenery were made in cheaper ways, with M's office featuring cardboard paintings and a door covered in a leather-like plastic, the room where Dent meets Dr. No costing only 745 pounds to build, and the aquarium in Dr. No's base being magnified stock footage of goldfish. Furthermore, when Art Director Syd Cain found out [[UncreditedRole his name was not in the credits]], Creator/AlbertRBroccoli gave him a golden pen to compensate, saying that he did not want to spend money making the credits again.

** Dolores Keator (Mary Trueblood) was an American expat living in Jamaica. Her dialogue was overdubbed by German actress Nikki van der Zyl.

* FakeNationality: Creator/UrsulaAndress (Honey Rider) is a Swiss playing a white Jamaican descended from an old-established (presumably British) colonial family.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/SeanConnery and Creator/UrsulaAndress had an affair during filming. It was called off when his wife became pregnant.

** United Artists only lent $1 million to make the film (in 2018 dollars, this amounts to about $8.4 million). The art director got some extra cash from the producers' own pockets, and the special effects people convinced UA to give an extra $100,000 to do the CollapsingLair. For comparison, the budget for the most expensive film in the franchise, ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', was anywhere between ''245 and 300 million'' in 2010s dollars.

** During the initial briefing, M says that he recently was put in charge of [=MI7=]. Bernard Lee originally said [=MI6=] during the take, but this has been overdubbed, possibly for fear of offending the real-life organization. In later Bond movies, however, 007 clearly works for [=MI6=].

** Were it not for censorship, we could have seen Ursula Andress naked in her first scene, as in the novel.

* NonSingingVoice: Ursula Andress had a singing voice actress, Diana Coupland, then-wife of composer Monty Norman.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/SeanConnery and Ursula Andress had an affair during filming. It was called off when his wife became pregnant.

* DolledUpInstallment: In June 1956, Creator/IanFleming began a collaboration with the producer Henry Morgenthau III on a planned television series, ''Commander Jamaica'', which was to feature the Caribbean-based character James Gunn. The series never got made, but Fleming used this as the basis for his next Bond book.