James Bond 007 is on the search for a Russian decoding machine, known as Lektor. Bond needs to find this machine, before the evil SPECTRE organization discovers it first. Whilst being romantically linked with Russian girl, Tatiana Romanova, Bond sneaks his way around Istanbul, whilst each SPECTRE agent tries to pick him off, including the over powering Donald 'Red' Grant and ex-KGB agent Rosa Klebb who knows all the tricks in the books and even possesses an incredible poison tipped shoe! Written by simon_hrdng




James Bond, 007, is sent on a mission to Istanbul to try and acquire a Russian cypher machine known as Lektor from a defecting Russian agent. However, the Russians have no knowledge of this as it is a S.P.E.C.T.R.E. ploy to lure James Bond into a trap - a fitting tribute to their now- dead agent Dr. No. Written by Graeme Roy




The evil SPECTRE organization has hatched a plan to steal a decoder that will access Russian state secrets and irrevocably unbalance the world order. It is up to James Bond to seize the device first, but he must confront enemies that include Red Grant and the ruthless Rosa Klebb -- a former KGB agent with poison-tipped shoes. Even as Bond romances a stunning Soviet defector, he realizes he is being lured into a deadly trap, and he will need all of his courage, ability and cutting-edge technology to triumph over the forces that seek to destroy him. Written by Robert Lynch




Evil crime cartel SPECTRE seeks revenge for the death of its operative Dr No and sets a trap to lure British agent James Bond to his death. The bait is a Soviet encryption machine called a Lektor, which the British Secret Service are desperate to get hold of. Written by Dave Jenkins




SYNOPSIS

The film opens at an unnamed estate; British MI6 agent James Bond is making his way through the grounds. He is followed by a white-haired man dressed in black. The white-haired man emerges from behind a hedge, pulling a garrote wire from his watch, which he slips around Bond's neck; Bond is dead in a few moments. Large spotlights suddenly turn on and the corpse lying at the assassin's feet is revealed to be a man wearing a mask of 007's face. The assassin's supervisors emerge, documenting the mission time and revealing that the mission is a training exercise for SMERSH.

At a chess match, SPECTRE operative Number 2, Kronsteen, wins the match and is called away to meet with his boss, Number One (who's face is never seen), the mysterious leader of SPECTRE, and another operative (Number 3), Rosa Klebb, a KGB double-agent. They plan to trick James Bond into stealing a Lektor decoding machine from the Soviet embassy in Istanbul, which they will then steal from Bond, while at the same time, framing him. To lure Bond into the trap, Klebb will enlist an attractive female attache, Tatiana Romanov, whose cover story will be that she intends to defect to England.

Bond meets with MI6 head, M; the two immediately suspect the trap but M orders Bond to Istanbul anyway, telling him to meet with MI6 associate, Kerim Bey. Bond's armorer, Q, provides Bond with a briefcase containing several devices, including a knife, a collapsible sniper's rifle and a tear-gas bomb that will explode if the case is not opened correctly.

At the SMERSH training facility seen in the opening scene, Klebb meets with Morzeny who takes her to a man named Grant, the same assassin that killed the impostor Bond. Klebb looks Grant over and punches him in the abdomen with brass knuckles. Seeing that Grant doesn't flinch from the blow, she orders him to be sent to Istanbul.

Bond arrives in Istanbul and is driven to Kerim Bey's offices; he is followed by the KGB but the driver, Bey's son, assures Bond that there is no danger; Bey's & the KGB's operatives tail each other constantly in Istanbul. Bond meets Bey, who informs him that the Soviet embassy, though heavily protected, can be infiltrated and the Lektor can be stolen. Bond checks into his hotel, asking to be given another room when he finds a listening device behind a painting. He is given the bridal suite. Meanwhile, Bey, relaxing with his mistress at his offices, is nearly killed when a bomb goes off: his girlfriend had lured him away from the blast zone only moments before. Bond goes to Bey's office where he's briefed on the incident. Bey takes Bond to the flooded catacombs below his offices and, in a rowboat, the two travel underneath the city to the Soviet embassy. Bey has installed a submarine periscope under the embassy's conference room and lets Bond see who is meeting there. Bey spots a Bulgarian KGB assassin, Krilencu, whom he suspects planted the bomb that nearly killed him. Bey desires retaliation but chooses not to, stating that Krilencu has been out of Istanbul for a year and there is no need to start any conflict that can jeopardize Bond's mission.

Bey takes Bond to a gypsy camp outside the city for the evening. After watching a bellydancer perform, the chief of the camp brings out two female rivals who vie for the hand of one of his sons. The two women begin a vicious fight when the camp is attacked by the Krilencu and his Bulgarian KGB men. In the ensuing gunfight, Bey is injured and Bond saved by Grant, who, from a hidden position observing the camp, shoots a man intending to attack Bond with a sword. For his bravery and assistance, the gypsy chief makes Bond one of his "sons." Bond accepts but only if the man stops the fight between the women. The man laughs, suggesting that Bond is too softhearted.

Bey resolves to kill Krilencu. He and Bond go to Krilencu's hideout where Bey has the Turkish police knock on the agent's door. Krilencu uses an escape hatch which leads him down the side of the building, making him an easy target for Bey who uses Bond's sniper rifle to shoot him. The man falls to the ground dead.

Bond returns to his hotel room and is just about to take a relaxing bath when he sees a naked woman getting into his bed; it is Tatiana. The two spend the night together, not knowing they are being filmed behind a one way mirror by Klebb. The next day, Bond meets with Tatiana at a cathedral intending to receive a map of the Russian Consulate from her. Tatiana leaves the map behind but both are stalked by an KGB agent who is killed by Grant. Bond finds the map and the dead agent. Bond takes the map to Bey who determines that a bomb set off in the consulate would be enough of a distraction for Bond to enter the communications room, steal the Lektor and escape with Tatiana into the catacombs below the city.

Bond later meets with Tatiana on a ferry where he records Tatiana's description of the Lektor. The recording is studied by M, Miss Moneypenny and a few other officials who determine that the device Tatiana speaks of is authentic. They tell M to order Bond to go ahead with the theft.

Bond reports to the Soviet embassy at precisely 3:00 PM. Moments later, the bomb goes off, having been placed near the wall to the communications room. The explosion breaks a hole in the wall of the room and Bond slips in easily to grab the Lektor and Tatiana and they escape into the catacombs. They are led outside by Bey.

Bond's escape from Istanbul involves a lengthy ride on the Orient Express to Trieste in Italy. Bey has reserved a sleeper car for both Bond and Tatiana, who are posing as a married couple. They are to meet another of Bey's sons, who will give them documents and assistance in smuggling the Lektor across the Italian border. Bey and Bond subdue and bind a KGB agent who had been tailing them. Bey and the KGB man later turn up dead in Bey's room, both are the victims of Grant, who is also on the train. At the next stop, Bond meets with one of Bey's sons and asks him to arrange for an MI6 contact to meet him at the next stop, Sarajevo. At the station, Grant slips off the train and finds the MI6 agent and kills him, taking his place. He meets Bond and invites him to dinner on the train; Bond is a few minutes behind. Toward the end of the meal, Grant drops a sleeping pill into Tatiana's drink. She becomes drowsy and falls asleep in their room. Grant reveals that he has been sent to kill both Bond and Romanov and steal the Lektor. He also tells Bond he plans to frame him for Tatiana's murder and cause a scandal involving Bond's tryst with her, which was filmed by Klebb. Bond comes to the realization that Grant is not with SMERSH but is working for SPECTRE. Grant tells Bond that he intends to torture him before killing him. Bond asks for a cigarette, agreeing to pay for it with some of the gold sovereigns he has in his briefcase. Grant reaches for the briefcase he'd taken from the agent he killed in Sarajevo, which explodes in a white cloud of gas when he opens it; Bond had switched the contents of his own case for Grant's prior to dinner. Grant is temporarily stunned by the tear gas and Bond attacks him. The two fight viciously, with Bond eventually strangling Grant with the garrote wire in his watch.The train is forced to stop at a road crossing a few minutes later, part of Grant's exit route. Bond revives Tatiana and they jump off the train.

At Number One's office, Klebb is admonished for the failure of her plan. Morzeny enters the room and releases a dagger in the toe of his boot. Although Klebb expects to be killed for her failure, Morzeny stabs Kronsteen in the leg with the knife, which has been tipped with a powerful poison. Kronsteen falls dead and Number One remarks that the poison didn't work quickly enough. Klebb is given a second chance at Bond in Italy.

At Grant's stop, Bond and Tatiana see a flower truck. The man is an operative working for Grant; Bond subdues the man and takes his truck. As they drive toward Grant's next stop, they are attacked by a Russian helicopter. Bond is able to shoot the chopper down. He then coerces Grant's man into telling him that Grant will escape by boat and they drive there. They steal Grant's boat and head for Trieste, throwing the man overboard. A few hours later they're intercepted by Morzeny and several men in additional boats. Bond dumps the large barrels of fuel, which have been shot and are leaking, into the water. Morzeny's boats, having stopped, are set aflame when Bond ignites the floating fuel with a flare pistol. Morzeny and his men, crashing each other's boats together, are burned alive in the conflagration.

Bond and Tatiana reach Venice and are preparing to leave for England when Klebb enters their hotel room, disguised as a maid. She grabs the Lektor and holds Bond at gunpoint, ordering Romanov out of the room. Klebb raises the pistol to kill Bond but is hit by Tatiana. Bond attacks Klebb, pinning her against the wall with a chair, rendering the dagger in the toe of her shoe useless. Tatiana recovers Klebb's pistol and, after a brief hesitation, shoots Klebb, killing her.

Bond and Tatiana take a romantic pleasure cruise on Venice's Grand Canal and Bond studies the film of his and Tatiana's night together. He kisses Tatiana passionately and throws the film in the river.