50 Things You Didn't Know About James Bond
- Bond at 50
- Goldfinger Is Played by Two Different Actors
- How to Make a Bond Movie Sexier: Backwards Bikinis
- Dr. No the Monkey — and Other Bond Animals
- Ian Fleming Wrote Bond an Obituary
- ‘Bond 23’ Isn’t Actually the 23rd Bond Movie
- Thunderball Was Almost the First Bond Movie
- Bond at the Box Office: The Rankings
- GoldenEye Isn’t Just a Movie Title
- From Sex to Hippies to Fuel Crises: Bond Movies and History
- The Bond-Broccoli Connection
- Ursula Andress Helped Make Her Famous White Bikini
- The Bond Theme Was Originally Written for a Stage Musical
- Why M Goes by an Initial
- One Set Element in You Only Live Twice Cost More Than All of Dr. No
- Solid Gold Factoids
- One Actress Almost Died to Be a Bond Girl
- The First Tie-In Was Censored in the U.S.
- The Real Bond, James Bond
- The 300-Year-Old Title: “You Only Live Twice”
- A Literal Gold Finger Exists
- A Bond Spoof Inspired a Mob Riot
- Bond Girls: Movies vs. Books
- That Famous Gun Barrel Was a Price-Tag Sticker
- James Bond Does Have a True Love
- Four Non-Bonds
- James Bond Almost Had Plastic Surgery
- Sean Connery’s Salary Made the Guinness World Records
- More Actors Have Played Blofeld Than Bond
- James Bond Island is a Real Place
- Bond of Brothers
- Roald Dahl and Kingsley Amis Both Wrote for Bond
- Moonraker Was Made Because of Star Wars
- Don’t Believe (For) Your Eyes (Only)
- Q Has a Name
- Bond and The Avengers Share Cast Members
- Bond Bloopers
- One Actress, Three Bond Girls
- JFK and Reagan Were Both Bond Fans
- Ian Fleming and Harry Saltzman, Real-Life Spies
- No Bond Song Topped the Billboard Hot 100 Until 1985
- Other Titles For Licence to Kill
- James Bond Is Our Third-Favorite Hero
- Pierce Brosnan Was Married to a Bond Girl
- James Bond as an Alibi
- Miss Moneypenny Lives?
- How James Bond Changed Video Games
- The Walther PPK: Bond’s Gun
- James … and Jack and Rose?
- Bond at the Oscars
- What We Know About Bond 23
James Bond, Declassified: 50 Things You Didn’t Know About 007
On Oct. 5, 1962, the first Bond film, Dr. No, hit theaters. Five decades and 22 films later, the spy has been immortalized as a legendary screen hero. TIME has compiled the most interesting stories, anecdotes and tidbits from the franchise