From Russia with Love premiered

May 27, 1964
The second spy film in the James Bond series, From Russia with Love, was released in the US on this date.

President John F. Kennedy listed Ian Fleming’s book as among his top ten favorite novels of all time. That list was published in Life Magazine on March 17, 1961. Possibly as a result, the producers decided to make this the second James Bond movie. According to the book Death of a President by William Raymond Manchester, this was the last movie J.F.K. ever saw, in a private screening in the White House, November 20, 1963.

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