<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $2 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $79 million </Td> </Tr> <P> From Russia with Love is a 1963 British spy film and the second in the James Bond film series produced by Eon Productions, as well as Sean Connery's second role as MI6 agent James Bond . It was directed by Terence Young, produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and written by Richard Maibaum and Johanna Harwood, based on Ian Fleming's similarly named 1957 novel . In the film, Bond is sent to assist in the defection of Soviet consulate clerk Tatiana Romanova in Turkey, where SPECTRE plans to avenge Bond's killing of Dr. No . </P> <P> Following the success of Dr. No, United Artists greenlit a sequel and doubled the budget available for the producers . In addition to filming on location in Turkey, the action scenes were shot at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, and in Scotland . Production ran over budget and schedule, and was rushed to finish by its scheduled October 1963 release date . </P>

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