British film director best known for directing early James Bond films (Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Thunderball) and for films such as Wait Until Dark and The Valachi Papers.

Born 1915, died 1994.

DeBaser reviews treat Terence Young mainly as the director of early James Bond films and a maker of taut thrillers. Reviewers praise performances and villains, especially in Valachi Papers and Wait Until Dark. Bond entries are fondly appraised though Thunderball is criticized for pacing and overlong underwater scenes.

For:Fans of classic cinema, James Bond enthusiasts, students of 1960s spy films

 

Also upholding tradition is the return of my heroes: SPECTRE! After the brief pause in "Goldfinger," Number 1 and his big, pettable cat return cooler than ever.

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On the other hand, Dr. No is a great villain!

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The idea of the pyramid structure and the "non-character" of Number One (never shown face-on, always intent on petting the cat) is applause-worthy.

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The darkness, the enveloping gloom, takes your breath away, makes you live perpetually in a state of frustration, of obsessive nervousness.

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