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* [[Revised Ending]]: The original novel had Bond struck by Rosa Klebb's poison-stained stiletto due to his Beretta [[Shur Fine Guns|jamming on him]] and brought to what was his death until Ian Fleming wrote ''Dr. No''. The film has him survive and has Tatiana do away with Klebb, and ends with Bond and Tatiana riding triumphantly down Venice's Grand Canal. This was arguably for the better, to avoid a maudlin [[Downer Ending]].
** Besides which: Since ''[[Dr. No]]'' was the first Bond ''film,'' and M ordered Bond at the beginning of the film to replace his Beretta with the Walther PPK because of the Beretta jamming up on him (in an unseen incident that caused Bond to get injured), Bond didn't have the Beretta in the film version of ''[[From Russia with Love]]'' anyway.
* [[Serendipity Writes the Plot]]: Rosa Klebb was fighting James Bond using a poisoned shoe knife. The script called for her to be accidentally killed by her own weapon, but the director couldn't figure out a way to film it that didn't look ridiculous. Then someone realized that a) there was a gun on the floor from when Bond had disarmed Klebb and b) the heroine, who had been an enemy agent recruited by Klebb before falling in love with Bond, was just standing there watching the fight. So the director changed the script to have the heroine pick up the gun, and after some hesitation, shoot Klebb.
* [[Shoe Phone]]: This film is the first to have gadgets, although they are rather mundane compared to later versions. Specifically, the tear-gas bomb disguised as a tin of talcum powder, and Rosa Klebb's shoe-dagger.
* [[Shooting Gallery]]
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