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That's a Smith & Wesson, and you've had your six.
— Dr. No ‧ 1962
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Connery's Bond is not squeamish: he lets a man he has already beaten reach for the gun, and then shoots him anyway. The cool line over a cold act set the template for the series. It is also a reminder that the earliest Bond was a harder, more brutal agent than the quipping figure he later became, and fans still quote it as proof of that edge.
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In context
Spoilers for Dr. NoShow the scene
In Dr. No (1962), the first Eon Bond film, Sean Connery's Bond is waiting in the dark at Miss Taro's bungalow in the hills above Kingston, having had her taken away, when the geologist Professor Dent creeps in and fires six shots into the bed, where pillows are arranged to look like a sleeping man. Bond, in a chair, disarms him and questions him. Dent tries a last trick, snatches up a gun and pulls the trigger. It clicks empty, and Bond answers with this line, then shoots him twice.
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- Wikiquote: Dr. No (film)James Bond sectionReference checked
- James Bond Wiki: R. J. Dent (Anthony Dawson)Confrontation with Bond and DeathReference checked
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