Gun barrel sequence
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The gun barrel sequence is a signature device featured in nearly every James Bond film. Shot from the point of view of a presumed assassin, it features James Bond walking in from the right side of the
The gun barrel sequence as it appears in Dr. No (1962)
A .38 calibre gun barrel with its six-sided rifling, similar to the gun barrel shown in the movies
The 1903 film The Great Train Robbery, acted out by Justus D. Barnes, may have influenced the James Bond gun barrel sequence.
Daniel Craig in Casino Royale
The Great Train Robbery is a 1903 American silent Western action film made by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company. It follows a gang of outlaws who hold up and rob a steam train at a
Gun barrel sequence
…and they said, "This looks great!" The media historian James Chapman observed that the sequence recalls the gun fired at the audience at the end of The Great Train Robbery (1903). Because Binder had designed the gun barrel sequence to feature Bond only in silhouette, with a non-widescreen aspect ratio, he used stunt man…
Cover of a promotional leaflet for the film
1. Interior of Railroad Telegraph Office
2. At the Railroad Water Tank
3. Interior of Express Car