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Red wine with fish. Well, that should have told me something.
— From Russia with Love · 1963
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Bond's real weapon here is snobbery. Even on his knees and outgunned, he reads the killer's class from his wine order: a man who pairs red with fish is not the officer and gentleman he claims to be. It is an early, perfect picture of the Connery cool, a near-fatal mistake noted with a shrug, and fans use it as shorthand for the small slip that gives someone away.
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In context
Spoilers for From Russia with LoveShow the scene
Late in From Russia with Love (1963), aboard the Orient Express, the man Bond believed to be British agent Captain Nash turns out to be SPECTRE assassin Red Grant, played by Robert Shaw. Grant has taken Nash's identity at Zagreb, drugged Tatiana Romanova's wine at dinner and knocked Bond out. Now he holds Bond at gunpoint in the train compartment and makes him kneel. Bond says that red wine with fish should have told him something. A struggle follows in which Bond kills Grant.
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- From Russia with Love (film) - WikiquoteDialogue sectionReference checked
- Red Grant (Robert Shaw) - James Bond WikiBiographyReference checked
- From Russia with Love (film) - WikipediaPlotReference checked
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