List of James Bond allies in From Russia with Love

This is a list of James Bond allies in the novel, film, and video game "From Russia with Love"

Recurring Allies

*M - Bernard Lee
*Major Boothroyd (Q) - Desmond Llewelyn
*Miss Moneypenny - Lois Maxwell

Ali Kerim Bey

James Bond Character


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name=Ali Kerim Bey
portrayed=Pedro Armendariz
gender=Male
affiliation=Station T, Turkey
status=Deceased
role=Bond ally

Kerim Bey is a Bond ally from the James Bond film "From Russia with Love". He was played by Pedro Armendariz.

Novel Bio

Darko Kerim Bey was born in Trezibond (now Trabzon) to a Turkish father, a fisherman, and an English mother, a governess. At the age of twenty he too was a fisherman, and was recruited into MI6 by a Major Dansey who wanted information about the Russian oil installations and naval base at Batoum, only 50 miles away. He later infiltrated Soviet Georgia as a strongman and wrestler in a travelling circus.He became Head of Station T in Istanbul in the late 1930s. He uses his many sons and uncles as agents, running a business trading spices as cover. In his office Bond notices certificates showing that he has two Mentions in Dispatches and the military OBE. He is described as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88m) tall, powerfully built, dark, with a broken nose. He smokes Turkish cigarettes (naturally), and has an insatiable appetite for food, coffee, alcohol, and women.

He meets Bond and arranges for false papers in order for Bond and Tatiana to leave the country. Later he takes Bond through a rat-infested tunnel to a periscope he had installed below the Russian Embassy. This gives Bond his first look at Tatiana. He then takes Bond to the Gipsy Camp (also used by Kerim as agents) where they witness the girl-fight, before being attacked by "The Faceless Ones", Bulgarian thugs employed by the Russians.

Afterwards Kerim (with Bond's help) kills Krilencu, leader of the Bulgars, with a sniper rifle concealed in a walking stick, as the Bulgarian attempts to leave his apartment using an escape hatch hidden behind a film poster. He then accompanies Bond and Tatiana on the train out of Turkey. He arranges for two of the three MGB men following Bond to be arrested, but is stabbed to death by the third, killing his assassin in the process.

Film Bio

Kerim Bey works in Istanbul. He meets up with Bond in Istanbul and guides him around and helps him getting the Lektor device. When Kerim is almost killed by a bomb planted on the outside wall of his office, he and Bond try to discover who tried to kill him. They find out it was Krilencu.

When going to a Gypsy Camp, Bond and Kerim are interrupted by Krilencu's men who attempted to kill Kerim. Kerim survives and says that he must kill him even after getting shot in the arm. Kerim kills Krilencu, using Bond's sniper rifle. He then helps Bond get on the train with the Lektor device, but is killed by Red Grant on the train.

Vavra

James Bond Character


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name= Vavra
portrayed=Francis de Wolff
gender=Male
affiliation=Gypsy
status=Active
role=Bond ally

Vavra, the Gypsy leader, is a Bond ally from the James Bond novel "From Russia with Love". In the Film version, he was played by Francis de Wolff.

In the film, Vavra tells Bond and Kerim Bey about what's occurring in the Gypsy camp, and while they watch a girl-fight between two women wanting the same men, the Bulgarian assassins attack. After Bond saves Vavra's life, a thankful Vavra calls him a son. Bond only requests for Vavra to stop the two girls from fighting, and Vavra decides to settle by ordering Bond to choose which girl deserves to win.

René Mathis

James Bond Character


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name=René Mathis
portrayed=Giancarlo Giannini
gender=Male
affiliation= Deuxième Bureau (novels)
MI6, possibly Le Chiffre (film)
status= Active (novels)
Arrested/Unknown (film)
role=Ally

René Mathis is a fictional character from the James Bond film "Casino Royale". He is portrayed by Giancarlo Giannini, who will reprise the role in "Quantum of Solace". The character appears in the original novel by Ian Fleming and, a trusted ally of Bond attached to the French Deuxième Bureau, he reappears in "From Russia with Love", and we learn in the subsequent book "Doctor No" that he has saved Bond's life. The film character is markedly different in certain respects.