FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE | Bond Fights Red Grant

On this day in 1963, shooting began on Bond (Sean Connery) and Red Grant's (Robert Shaw) classic fight on the train in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. Connery and Shaw trained with wrestlers in Istanbul to get their bodies into shape for the fight sequence.

[@Driver2616]

This is the fight scene that redefined future movie fight scenes. Audiences had never seen anything like this before. Shot in a confined space with never before seen intensity, facial shots, close ups, viciousness etc. This is movie brilliance.

[@Thicc_Cheese_Dip]

Thank God for Terence Young and Peter Hunt then!

[@fjccommish]

Today it's all posed and CGI fake martial arts.

[@charlesodell804]

Amen.

[@barriolimbas]

Ages well to this day!

[@Tabish29]

@Rodzilla also in the end of live and let die vs Teehee

[@geoffrogerson9937]

In 1963, no one had ever seen a fight scene like this. It’s as if they are really trying to kill each other.

[@scottknode898]

Connery and Shaw actually did the scene themselves with out stuntmen

[@cafarhan]

@@alexanderzerka8477 lol agreed

[@crackerman3772]

They were equally matched. Grant was every bit as clever as Bond only a bad guy. Neither knew how tough the other was. Bond didn't know about the garret wire in Grant's watch and Grant the knife in Bond's attache' case.

[@robwalsh9843]

They seem like real assassins or hit men. Their fighting style isn't graceful, but you can tell that they're skilled and tough.

[@accountnamewithheld]

Yeah, compare this to the acting in Reagan's 1964 "The Killers", it's night and day

[@Sledgeh101]

60 years later, and this scene still holds up so well. Such a great fight scene, arguably the best in the Bond series.

[@jkta97]

This and the elevator fight in "Diamonds Are Forever." Also Bond vs Oddjob in "Goldfinger."

[@saleemkirmani5583]

Only Sean Connery could have pulled off this scene with excellence.

[@loydkline]

Got my 🗳 vote ❤️ this Jame bonds battle with spector / grant

[@mackenzie77777]

The fight in the lift with Joe Robinson in Diomonds are forever was pretty good too.

[@lovelondon806]

Easily the best. No other compares to it unless my memory is failing me

[@pcbacklash_3261]

A PERFECT setup! He acts like he's eager to get the second briefcase open, making Grant think it contains some hidden weapon. So, of course, Grant falls for the ploy and opens it himself! That's using brains as well as technique!

[@k125catu5]

also he was nearly killed by Grant, when Bond uses another tricky move, which is the hidden knife.

[@jimbobcain]

Exactly right. Good writing. It's designed for one thing, Bond's wit makes it work. Painfully lacking in recent films.

[@Agent1W]

@@k125catu5 Rogues do it from behind, and to behind.

[@mizofan]

But Grant was stupid to even start on that line.

[@Excelsior731]

Grant figured a "standard kit" would include a standard Walther PPK, so he opened it himself.

[@jamesmatthew3681]

One of the best fights in the entire series.

[@danielhapner1347]

Probably another best fight is 007 vs 006

[@dannyparis2942]

I couldn't agree with you more truly a great fight sequence

[@Subo23]

The best - two truly tough guys

[@sammyvh11]

Best fight scene ever.

[@TheDude-yw4kn]

sammyvh11 Legend has it that the best fight ever was between my hand and my very own Snake Johnson

[@thevoid99]

this scene is exactly one of the reasons why it's my all-time favorite james bond film. not to mention that grant is sort of an equal of bond and they fought like real men.

[@calanon534]

The effing BRAWLED like thugs. And that's what made the fight scene great - Bond, up to this point, had been suave, debonair, calm, and collected. In this scene, he fights like a goddamn animal - you see his other side.

[@normankelley]

From Russia with Love is my favorite Bond w/ Sean; it's actually closer to be an espionage thriller since it has no "world conquest" theme. Just get the device and get back. BTW, you have to make nice with the lady to do so.

[@dulls8475]

My fav Bond movie as well.

[@Gmanu29]

Agree. I remember this train scene is a long one. Last time ive seen this, we borrowed vhs tape from my uncle, long time ago

[@alexsilva28]

This is the scene that made me fall in love with the series. I wasn't a big fan of Dr. No but this movie blew me away

[@MrEab2010]

I'll never forget how M made Bond take the briefcase even though he didn't want to. Everyone should have a boss like that.

[@rwboa22]

Same with having Bond switch from the Biretta to the Walther PPK in "Dr. No", particularly in the scene when he confronted Professor Dent in Miss Taro's house, and when Dent tried to shoot Bond with a silenced S&W, Bond replied (before killing Dent with his silenced PPK), "That's a Smith and Wesson, and you had your six."

[@MrEab2010]

@@rwboa22 not the same thing but an excellent scene nevertheless. It established Bond for what he really was, a cold-blooded killer in the line of duty. What made the briefcase scene with M in FRWL so unforgettable is that without it Bond would have been dead. The audience doesn't know how truly fortunate Bond was to have M as a boss until the train fight near the end of the film.

[@JLee-rt6ve]

Take the briefcase, leave the cannoli.

[@christianwise637]

The sound design is exceptional throughout this whole sequence. Not only is there no music playing, not only does the window being smashed open result in the nicely atmospheric sound of the train's exterior being mixed in, but the fact they've amplified all the sounds makes it so that every punch, kick, and groan of pain sounds way louder, and therefore way more painful. Just another aspect of the production that makes this such a great fight scene

[@ClaimOfRightMuso]

Good, insightful, movie-buff comment. Like!

[@stewiegriffin12341]

This is easily my favorite James Bond fight scene. No fancy choreography or anything. Just a raw, gritty brawl. This is how most fights go in real life.

[@goodyeoman4534]

Was down the pub last weekend and one of the blokes pulled the old smoke in the suitcase trick.

[@stewiegriffin12341]

@@goodyeoman4534 How are you still alive?

[@prezz1257]

​@@goodyeoman4534😂

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

So simple, so effective. The fact that the actors did most of their stunts here was great

[@gauravtributes5023]

Robert Shaw might be the most underrated actor of the bond series.

[@dannyparis2942]

He was a brilliant actor in this movie he definitely had a presence

[@karazor-el6085]

Poor guy didn't do so well against spies OR sharks...

[@trueblue6201]

@@karazor-el6085 Technically he killed atleast 5 spies before he fought Bond.

[@alejandropalacios9292]

Daniel Craig look like Robert Shaw.

[@michaelthespikel5685]

He's one of the most underrated actors in history. He carried the Battle of the Bulge he had the most memorable part in Jaws his lines in that movie are quoted to this day and this is the greatest fight scene in movie history

[@peterfranks6243]

Robert Shaw made this movie, pure brilliance

[@lukedaley17]

“You won’t be needing this, old man” Classic from Connery.😆

[@cdorman11]

"'Old man.' Is that what you fellows call each other in SMERSH?" "SMERSH?"

[@classiccinemac9480]

Sir Sean Connery, I am missing you so much right now. You were one of the coolest 007 actors to ever be presented in cinema. Your portrayal of James Bond was so badass that it’s inspired loads of audiences out there. Us Bond fans will miss you very much and thank you for your awesomeness. RIP SIR SEAN CONNERY 007:(

[@nnmnn9510]

Rest in Peace Sir Sean Connery you were are and will always be our James Bond !!!

[@michaelord988]

Agreed...he is 007

[@tylerbushell2333]

Never take over classic people’s role

[@brandonallen3289]

Robert Shaw too.

[@raymondbrereton3298]

He’s a great classic legendary 007

[@andrewwebster2598]

Yip he defined James Bond. I can't see how anyone can say Dr No and From Russia with Love are not the two best films

[@mackiemesser9319]

Still holds up after all these years. No fake "martial arts" choreography, no CGI, and most importantly no special effects discernible (other than the gas emerging from the briefcase), just two men who know that this is a fight to the death and that only the victor will survive. And even the "tag line" at the end was not a typical groan-inducing Bond pun, just a snide insult at the turn of events.

[@TallSilentGuy]

@CARL MOBLEY How can a person "go back to" what they are already doing?

[@udbhav122351d]

@Mal Contender well said

[@MrRobjs83]

Connery actually was a black belt in both Karate and Judo

[@nowhereman1262]

which means the western peeps don't know how to punch and kick properly at that time until bruce lee showed up 😂

[@werewolfofmandalore]

Late here BUT in the novel Grant keeps calling Bond, "Old Man" after every other sentence in the train cars. Bond is irritated by it and this one liner is perfect.

[@SamanthaGuttesen]

This film is one of, if not the finest bond films. Not ott gadgets, bond relying on his brain. At the height of the cold War. Believable

[@nsasupporter7557]

It was Sean Connery’s personal favorite Bond movie he did

[@realjoemavro]

It's not the most-action-packed Bond film, but it's absolutely brimming with atmosphere.

[@georgerabahi7647]

Best scene in James Bond movies. Rest in peace to both Sean Connery and Robert Shaw.

[@michaellawrence7570]

Classic bond one of the best fights ever in the bond series.Connery, at his brilliant brutal best can't beat the classics.

[@earth7551]

Rod Taylor could of also played James Bond just as good if not better and he was a legit tough guy

[@earth7551]

@troll randon I disagree

[@videomaniac108]

@@earth7551 Sean Connery was an actual boxer in his younger pre-acting days, so I'd imagine that he could handle himself fairly well in a real fight.

[@earth7551]

@@videomaniac108 I don't think so there is no proof of Sean Connery being a boxer only a model Rod Taylor beat up NFL Jim Brown at a Playboy mansion party in the 60s and fought William Smith in a real fight who is a special forces big bodybuilder from the Cold war days and the movie Darker than Amber only guy I see giving Rod Taylor in a good fight is Charles Bronson and William Smith legit tough guys not models like Sean Lol William Smith broke Arnold's arrogant ego in the movie Conan Arnold told William he can beat him in a arm wrestling match and he lost badly and also roughed up Mickey Rourke who was getting smart with him

[@michaelbarlow6610]

@ Jim Nesta. Supposedly Sean Connery beat the snot out of a gangster who was harassing his friend actress Lana Turner. Connery was in his pre-actor days a lorry driver and a coffin polisher but I have not read anywhere that he was a boxer before he became an actor.

[@TTony-tu6dm]

Still holds up as the best hand to hand fight scene in the series and one of the best on film period. Intense, brutal and seems to go on forever. Also - NO MUSIC! Just the sound of the train

[@politibites]

Nobody here mentioning how amazing it is to see Robert Shaw in his younger years, and blonde! What a great scene!

[@robwalsh9843]

Both Sean Connery and Robert Shaw had those steely cold Celtic eyes. They were great tough guy actors.

[@bronxjar8441]

And they were good friends.

[@richardwilliams473]

Robert Shaw was a perfect villain He was also the gritty fisherman in the movie Jaws that gets bitten in half by a great White Shark

[@charlesodell804]

One of the best scenes in the series. The actors did the fight themselves - no stunt doubles. Shaw was fabulous.

[@GodwinBaxter]

This fight is brutal, even by today’s standard

[@MrRobjs83]

because it's realistic

[@babymammoth34]

@@MrRobjs83 Really realistic look of pain and fear @ 2:11-2:12 So intense.

[@clearcreek69]

I like it how Bond just straightens his tie after the fight & grabs his things as if nothing happened

[@drcheekyisback]

2:45 nothing like adjusting the tie and buttoning the blazer immediately after taking a man’s life - ahhhh good times 😂😂😂

[@brachiator1]

One of the best Bond fight scenes, and one of the best fight scenes in any film. Of later Bonds, Craig matched Connery's ability to be brutal when necessary. And Robert Shaw was a great villain.

[@gentblue]

Timothy Dalton was vicious but his Bond was way too New Man.

[@garyjones2561]

@@gentblue New Man?

[@santannavalter]

Craig is an asshole! All his fights are terribly coreographed. Here, you see clearly 1 or 2 practices and... ACTION!! All this without CGI, stuntmen and in a narrow space. Perfect!!

[@randywhite3947]

@@gentblue new man?

[@williamkilander3073]

Please do not mention that one in the same breathtake as Connery. He was responsible(read: his idea as co-producer) to "kill off" Bond together with Michael G.Wilson and Barbara Broccoli even though Albert "Cubby" Broccoli told them NOT to "mess it upp" in the future! As far as I am concerned the "Bond 2.0"(read: action films á la James Bourne) does NOT belong to the original series...PERIOD!

[@ST-ef6gc]

No one came or comes close to Sean's Bond. He is the best. RIP

[@davider6884]

From Russia With Love, Live And Let Die, The Spy Who Loved Me, Octopussy, GoldenEye, Skyfall, Spectre. These are all the movies that prove that a train fight scene in a Bond film is always great!

[@jamesmatthew3681]

And according to Connery, Dalton and Craig (along with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson), they said that FRWL was their favorite Bond movie.

[@qwertymanor]

dr no is dalton's favorite

[@kristianleal5400]

Craig actually said his favorite was Live and Let Die.

[@rogerkincaid931]

Well, it's my favorite as well.

[@videomaniac108]

It's my favorite in the whole series, with Goldfinger a close second.

[@michaelbarlow6610]

@ James Matthew. Connery has stated that of the Bond films he appeared in, "FRWL" is his favorite. I think a number of years ago he did voiceover work on a videogame version of "FRWL".

[@matthewruiz1069]

One of the greatest Fights in Cinema History!

[@neilfeinberg7825]

Robert Shaw unrecognizable 12 years later in Jaws.

[@angelajohnson6659]

The hair color had something to do with it!

[@RenegadeCossack]

He aged drastically in his forties, look at Force ten From Navaronne He looks like he is in his late Seventies and He was only 50!

[@anthonylewis2080]

@@joanne26 : 😔😔😔😔😔😔.

[@pawlice8341]

Colonel Martin Hessler. Battle of the bulge ;)

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Shaw died due Alcoholism in age of *51* in August 28th, 1978.

[@jjrj8568]

RIP Sean Connery. The ultimate badass of cinema.

[@kungfutaichibocaraton9587]

I take this scene instead of the over exaggerated special effects they put now days. In this scene no pretty fighting just pure survival

[@rogerrichardson4679]

One of the most brutal fight scenes during that Era, wonderfully choreographed

[@michaelhegyan7464]

You bet..! Especially..when he tries to choke, James..!

[@onotualiyuohindase155]

Now that's what we call a thug of war fight. Sean Connery was so vicious and physical in this fight. Wonderful epic Bond❤👍🏿

[@amit6844]

One of the best & most realistic fight scene in cinema history.

[@philip6419]

He recovered, changed his name to Capt. Quint and hunted sharks.

[@jeffcox9393]

Do not overlook Philip that before Quint Robert Shaw was Col. Hessler in the "Battle of the Bulge" & after Quint was in the sequel to the "Guns of Navarone" "Force 10 from Navarone."

[@kevinprior3549]

Was on Damnbusters too

[@apontutul]

Oh right.. I completely missed the face

[@barrykacher9741]

But that was after he lost $500,000 to Messrs Newman and Redford.

[@scottknode898]

@@jeffcox9393 Shaw went against Walter Matthau in The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three as a criminal.

[@proa007]

Really the only time Sean Connery's Bond was in serious danger the entire series and that was because we saw how dangerous and effective Grant was throughout the entire film. Scaramanga and Trevelyan are often considered mirror images of Bond and they are, to certain degrees, but Grant is the primal version. Great scene in Connery's best Bond film.

[@venturatheace1]

Agreed. After this film, you never got that sense of danger for Connery's Bond again

[@fivebearrugs]

Honorable mention: Bond in the spinal traction machine in Thunderball. What if Count Lippe had switched the settings immediately after Patricia left, and then close the door on his way out?

[@doll3655]

There was a sense of danger in Goldfinger when Bond is strapped down and facing the laser. “Do you expect me to talk Goldfinger? No Mr. Bond. I expect you to die.”

[@bawoman]

@@doll3655 Eh while that scene is iconic I dont feel you sense the fear as much there. Mostly, Bond there is trying to figure out what the hell to say to get out of it. Here you really sense the fight and flight mode. No words necessary, just look at his face.

[@doll3655]

@@bawoman I didn’t say the laser scene conveyed more fear than the train fight scene. From Russia always wins. I’m just saying the laser scene is another example in which Bond, to me, appeared to display some degree of fear. Yes, you can see Bond thinking fast to figure out a way to talk himself out of his predicament. But, to me, he comes across acting more frantic and desperate in trying to solve his problem in that scene then he does in other similar situations. As the viewer, I interpreted that desperate and frantic behavior as a result of his fear that he was really a goner this time.

[@zelphplayz]

1:29 Connery headlocking Shaw then proceeds to throw him side to side is savage

[@matthewlipinski6844]

Great fight sequence from a good James Bond movie. Rip Sir Sean Connery and Rip Robert Shaw.👊 thanks for posting this.

[@DeputyBurbank]

A very gritty and believable fight scene. Well done. Also, red wine doesn’t go with fish.

[@123ucr]

And an evenly matched fight scene as well. Remember Red Grant is the Russian equivalent version of James Bond. Red Grant nearly killed James Bond. If it were not for the knife, James Bond would have died from a strangulation.

[@saxonforge]

Red is the only wine I drink and I eat a lot of fish of every kind. Its just a matter of preference. Then again I am not English

[@artlover1477]

Yes, but with salmon I could see a less heavy red. Like a Zinfandel or a Merlot.

[@dwightlove3704]

Daniel Craig in Casino Royale had believable fight scenes.

[@johnbertrand7185]

Connery has always said this is favorite scene from all the Bond movies he did.

[@garethdawson9493]

One of the best and most convincing fight scenes of the Bond films (IMO). Definitely my favourite Connery Bond film 😎

[@barbarasutherland8000]

Loved the fighting scenes sean connery was the best going to miss him loved his accent.😘😘😘😘😘😘👍👍👍⛄

[@tomhamilton5261]

“From Russia…” ticks all the boxes-great story and great villians Red Grant and ‘Miss Sensible Shoe’ Rosa Klebb! Sean and Robert Shaw were just wonderful in this .

[@mackiemesser9319]

Lotte Lenya as Rosa Klebb also did a great job. In her younger days, she was a world-famous singer and actress who interpreted many roles written for her by her husband, the composer Kurt Weill in partnership with the poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht. She also had a supporting role in the original stage production of "Cabaret". She was a great villain here. In the original book, Klebb makes a play for Tatiana and is described by Fleming as looking like "the oldest and ugliest whore in the world", and Tatiana runs off screaming at the top of her lungs. The filmmakers left that aspect out, but the scene where Klebb tests Red Grant's strength by whacking him straight in the solar plexus with brass knuckles is straight out of the book, and Lenya renders it perfectly.

[@BadaBingPictures]

I’ve grown more fond of FRWL as I’ve gotten older. Robert Shaw did a phenomenal job. Daniel Craig is a spitting image of him.

[@nihilistcentraluk442]

One of the best, Stylish and very 60s .Also more believable than most

[@tenhirankei]

I don't know how to take that, as Robert Shaw's Grant was a SCEPTER agent!

[@bowo299]

@@tenhirankei what an interesting anagram lol it's SPECTRE btw

[@josephmanno4514]

A young Shaw was much better-looking.

[@JeffreyGillespie]

I just realized that's the boat captain from JAWS, I'll be damned!

[@tylerbushell2333]

Robert Shaw played the Red Grant character before the Quint character in Jaws

[@MegaMangaGTA-9417]

I just recognised that too

[@johnishikawa2200]

This is still the standard of realism and intensity for movie fight scenes. Sean Connery was and still is the most believable Bond--period, full stop.

[@kelsohunt460]

My favourite bond film.

[@johnmarquez8566]

I didn’t care for the movie “Dr. No” but when I saw this fight, I absolutely became a James Bond fan.

[@shoheithemoney720]

0:58 Connery karate slapping that gun off was bad-ass, now this was a fight.

[@jamesbernie9465]

In the book, Bond realises that ‘Barker’ is a fake when he orders red wine with fish, which no true English gent would ever do.

[@davidw.2791]

Same here in the movie.

[@AD-kv9kj]

​@@davidw.2791 And also in the movie, the waiter reacts to him ordering "make mine Chianti" with subtle surprise as he replies, "White Chianti, monsieur?" It's very subtle in the delivery, but I always noticed it. The waiter assumes Grant (or "Nash") would also want to order a white wine with his fish as Bond just has (Blanc de Blancs), and since there is no such thing as a white Chianti wine, the waiter is actually querying his order. Grant doesn't get the polite subtlety in the waiter's query and still doesn't realise his dining faux pas. Grant thinks that the waiter is simply asking him if he wants white or red Chianti, so replies "No, no, the red type." His ordering of red wine with grilled sole is backed up by the further fact that he assumes there is such a thing as a white Chianti.

[@davidw.2791]

A D Yeah, so the waiter went away thinking “Well, this is a right freak here.”

[@5ilver42]

as an uncultured millennial, can someone explain to me why red wine and fish is a _faux pas_ ?

[@commandopuma9295]

@@5ilver42 white wine is paired with fish and to some extent chicken. Red with beef. To order red wine with fish makes you an uncultured swine.

[@munanchoinc]

This fight scene held up really well

[@jayhershey7525]

Sean Connery played the best James Bond.

[@user-op6vy3gg2b]

Yes best of the bests. Uncomparable.

[@tek6423]

No doubt.

[@martingries1150]

R.I.P. Sean Connery

[@charlesodell804]

Well, obviously.

[@Gmanu29]

Of course, 2nd for me is Pierce Brosnan

[@chemicalbrother7613]

This is the best James Bond film in my book. What I like especially in this scene is the fear in Connery's eyes (00:32): gone is the cool persona; he realizes the reality of death. Red Grant is definitely the scariest villain/henchman in all of the series. Amazing acting.

[@HeroicNerd]

Wow, I don't remember this scene being so visceral. I used to think it was boring. Now I see it for what it is. A valid precursor to modern spy thriller fights. It's so much closer to the modern bond than we think.

[@michaelschramm1064]

John Barry did right by keeping the scene free of music. He was such a master at being able to determine where music was needed and where it would detract from the proceedings.

[@bawoman]

The utter contempt in the final "old man" from Bond is brilliant.

[@Tabish29]

Brilliant decision to not have any score during this realistic fight scene.

[@pauljohnson6019]

Realistic, but either Sean was physically weak, or his punches just weren't hard enough to deliver a KO, or that has to be one of the toughest 60+ year old villians! A 37 year old bond can't kill a man old enough to be h uhh s father in hand to hand combat, lol!☺

[@bcrunch4232]

@@pauljohnson6019 Red Grant was shown to be quite strong and endurant, as Rosa Klebb tested out those iron knuckles on him.

[@annoyed707]

@@pauljohnson6019 Age is but one factor, as you may one day learn if you become one with the Force.

[@pauljohnson6019]

@@bcrunch4232 Yep, pretty much so, although Oddjob, would have made light work of him, without needing his steel hat, close quarters, with no weapons, Oddjob finishes him, in under a minute.

[@bcrunch4232]

@@pauljohnson6019 Yeah that’s right. If Oddjob wasn’t so loyal to Goldfinger, he’d of made a great SPECTRE assassin.

[@vivecthepoet36]

I love how messy, yet calculated, almost classy this fight scene is. There's something about it that wasn't really replicated until the Craig era.

[@katman734]

Modern fight scenes are just polished choreography

[@MelodeathxTed]

Skyfall immediately came to my mind.

[@rotcawilliams1358]

The fight scenes in action movies today are completely unrealistic and they go on much too long.

[@JimMarshall57]

Director Terence Young, an amateur boxer, choreographed the fight between Grant and Bond along with stunt coordinator Peter Perkins. The scene took three weeks to film and was violent enough to worry some on the production. Shaw and Connery did most of the stunts themselves, after intense training workouts with local Instambul wrestlers..it showed.

[@PlatoCave]

Crisp dialogue. Masterful acting. And a genuine lethal hand to hand fight which still stands out. A trademark James Bond no nonsense spy thriller. Robert Shaw seems in full control in this unforgettable tense scene.

[@artmallory970]

"Tell me Shomething... Which lunatic Ashylum did they get you out of?"

[@davidsimson7366]

Agree with everyone here. Best Bond fight scene by a country mile and made all the better with simple gadgets which are believable and oh so memorable. Both actors make this a truly great scene. There's nothing flash and it's all the better because of it.

[@santannavalter]

By far, the best fight from James Bond movies. Ever!

[@johnc2438]

Best fistfight scene in all the Bond movies -- and one of the best in any movie!

[@harryboyes2812]

The best fight scene in the entire Bond franchise and one of the best movie fights ever.

[@tobiasen5316]

Best fight in cinema history

[@jamesmatthew3681]

And also in the Bond series as well!

[@kasrakhatir]

God this Movie is so darn great. I wish the series could come back to good old spy thriller routes. Not Thinker Tailor Soldier Spy level of Realism but the same amount of tension

[@wealthactuallywfrazerrice1873]

Bond does best when the plots are simpler . . .

[@ahjuprime78]

Well that’s entirely opinion based

[@Thicc_Cheese_Dip]

Frazer Rice agreed. Some amount of surrealism does help the stories (the novels Dr. No and You Only Live Twice are good examples of surreal situations in the source material), but a good amount of realism does the Bond series some good in all mediums.

[@bhardnavares5903]

The fact that this has little to know shaky cam in this makes this fight a breath of fresh air. It doesn't hide anything because this is meant to be a straight up brawl. Sure they throw self defense techniques here and there but it showcased it in a really grounded way. When I first saw this scene I was blown away that a film from the 60's has fight scenes like this.

[@dianariverjackson5123]

Damn the old James Bond movies are the best

[@alexcaruso8766]

Sean Connery and Robert Shaw reenacting this in OO7 heaven right now as we speak. RIP to both you gents.

[@Bruce.-Wayne]

And that, ladies and gentlemen is one of the best fight scene in film's history.....

[@chrisuk2073]

This is the best fight scene from the 60s and even considered better than most fight scenes in 21st century

[@kimballbenson8116]

I was about 6 or 7 years old when Bond was I. Dr. No and even then at that age I got it: James Bond was tough as nails because he fought fire with fire. And Connery made it that way. Rest in peace Mr. Connery, you gave the world your best.

[@scottnevard1277]

2 things happen at the beginning that make this fight very unusual and an absolute masterpiece! 1..the light gets shot out so the fight is in near darkness making it a visual spectacle 2..the gun goes through the window,making the natural sounds of the train louder,which means no musical score is needed

[@tincase57]

I think this is the only Bond movie that doesn't invoke science fiction, all his gadgets are feasible, the code machine is realistic. Pretty much every other Bond film plays fast and loose with what devices are possible.

[@JWS1968]

I love the way the used to do these old fight scenes. No dramatic music long and drawn out and intimate. I'm not saying don't still do a fight scene like this now but these are great.

[@timlarsen1597]

How'd Bond get trapped in a sleeper car with Mike Pence?

[@pdm2201]

I wonder if Pence will also get eaten by a great white.

[@dwightlove3704]

@@pdm2201 Connery had quite a fit when he knew those were REAL GREAT WHITE SHARKS!!!!!!!

[@annoyed707]

Mike Pence and James Bond? Oh to be a fly on that...

[@volvlov759]

Haha. I always thought the VP looked like this character as well.

[@dwightlove3704]

@@volvlov759 No way does Pence look like Red Grant

[@garrison6863]

Robert Shaw was one of the most underrated actors of the era. His German tank commander in Battle of the Bulge is as good as this one. And he was superb in The Hireling.

[@scrmepal]

I agree Shaw was fantastic as the German tank commander in BOTB!............he still had his blond look just like FRWL!

[@Dragon1813]

Don't forget Quince in Jaws

[@scrmepal]

@@Dragon1813Quint.......:)

[@DannyBGer]

But in Battle of Britain Shaw acted as an RAF Squadron Leader (maybe Adolph Gysbert Malan) with Kenneth More, Michael Redgrave, Chris Plummer, Ian McShane, Harry Andrews, Trevor Howard and Laurence Olivier.

[@tylerjsmithers8385]

Bond has many train fights since, but this remains the best out of all of them!

[@davidrobinson5122]

The two actors in this fight scene actually did most of the work by the way happy birthday to Scotland favorite son

[@BigALBoomer]

Realistic fights scenes like this don't exist on Hollywood anymore

[@Americaone1]

Two great actors,great scene can't tell if their any stunt men....old boy....

[@LeShark75]

RIP What a Legend.

[@benjaminc.santosjr.3352]

Great iconic scene created by 2 legendary actors. RIP to both of them…

[@franklesher4459]

This scene particularly brought me memories of the fight sequence in "Spectre"

[@kingjonny394]

The ending of live and let die

[@theman2017inc]

That’s TRUE but Hinx turned out to be more like Oddjob than Grant, physically indomitable as well as quick

[@raftlack4326]

im positive that was the intention, but this one even though it was filmed 50 years earlier was way better. Much more intense.

[@ftsproductions1376]

This fight scene was ahead of its time.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

He always did enjoy a good squeeze.

[@jondellar]

That they got this past the censor for an "A" rating (UK) was nothing short of a miracle. One can only assume that those assigned to rate it got totally caught up in the experience 😀

[@Perebynis]

Great scene and arguably the best hand-to-hand fight of the whole franchise. Red Grant is up there with my favorite henchman in any Bond movie. The novel - as far as I remember it from a read thirty years ago - was however much more elaborate on Grant´s background and how he ended up with SPECTRE than the movie.

[@Thicc_Cheese_Dip]

Red Grant never was a member of SPECTRE in the novel; he was a member of SMERSH. And Donovan Grant was the human embodiment of a werewolf.

[@Perebynis]

@@Thicc_Cheese_Dip Now that you mention it - that´s exactly what it was. I tend to forget that in the movie series they minimized the role of soviet russian counter espionage because of the ongoing "cold war".

[@zorkmid1083]

@@Thicc_Cheese_Dip So why was Grant working with SPECTRE? Same goals?

[@mackiemesser9319]

@@zorkmid1083 The producers fiddled around with the original book because at the time, there was a "thaw" in the Cold War and they didn't want to piss off the Soviets. So they made Klebb, Grant and Kronsteen all members of SPECTRE, who was interested only in stirring up trouble between the West and the East, making their own plans for world domination easier by "dividing and conquering". The plan was to lay the blame on SMERSH (which is why they used Tatiana, who genuinely thought she was working for "Mother Russia", as Grant says when he taunts Bond. Interesting, the code machine called the "Lektor" in the film was called the "Spektor" in the book! Fleming had not yet developed the concept of "SPECTRE", which he first used in a later book.

[@maxgalarza9955]

An iconic fight definitively. Sound effects framework add spectacularly to the fuzz.

[@JohnnyBeane]

Classic 007!

[@rubbercheck72]

Fifty gold sovereigns...whoa nelly...i'd like those. One of THE BEST Bond fights, hands down. Real wrestling and scrapping in close quarters.

[@AD-kv9kj]

The Craig movies were so try-hard. This was never trying...it was imply doing Bond and Connery just was Bond naturally. Paired with Robert Shaw with great spy thriller intrigue and mystery plot and character writing and Terence Young who understood not only action and hard boiled intensity with real craft not just style over substance, but he also really understood the charm and grace of a good Bond adventure story. Exotic, fun escapist stories flavoured with danger and violence. Not pseudo-psychodrama gumpf with kitchen sink drama character interactions and constantly depressioninducing miseryfests with a main character who isn't cool and charming with a tough edge, but in now an actual psychopathicweirdo who screams at people, breaks into M's apartment, shaves his head and is just some weirdlittle try-hard goblin who's now apparently related to Blofeld in some hack-written soap opera.

[@turbofanlover]

My fav Bond movie. Just a classic.

[@williamj.dovejr.8613]

One of the best fight scenes ever filmed!

[@abhishekpaul000]

Simply Awesome.....and Fantastic.....