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Dr. No, Professor Dent (Anthony Dawson)

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Film: Dr. No (1962)
Deceased Character: Professor Dent (Anthony Dawson)
Archetype: Baddy (Minor)
Killed by: James Bond (Sean Connery)
Killed with: Gun


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Written by Mr. Mouseburger 1st Apr 2006

Kindly submitted by Mr Briggs Inc.

Professor R.J. Dent is a scientist on Dr. No's payroll. He is ordered, as henchmen often are, to kill the person intruding in the megalomaniac’s business affairs. Unfortunately for Dent, this means he is ordered to kill a certain irritating British agent, James Bond.

After several unsuccessful attempts to have Bond killed, Dent tracks him down to his secretary, Ms. Taro's house, where unsurprisingly Bond has successfully seduced and bedded the beauty. DEspite this distraction, Bond is expecting Dent's arrival, and so he waits by a window while he has made dummy of himself out of some pillows and covered it with the bedsheets to make it appear he is sleeping. Bond picks up his gun just as Dent inches his hand inside the door and fires several shots into the pillows.

Bond points his gun at Dent and tells him to drop his weapon, and the two have a short conversation explaining how each party knows each other's various exploits. Bond demands to know who Dent works for, but as he says this, Dent picks up his gun to threaten Bond, who calmly explains; "It's a Smith & Wesson and you've had your six". Instead of asking the question again, Bond simply shoots the corrupt metallurgist, perhaps knowing that Dent would not talk even under the most extreme circumstances.



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This review has 3 comments. Reply to the comments
Comment 1 by 'Mr. Briggs Incorporated' (reply to this comment)
D'Oh! I forgot to check "Contrived Self-Defense" would this be relevant?
Comment 2 by 'Matt' (reply to this comment)
What's with the comma?
Comment 3 by 'Mr. Briggs Inc.' (reply to this comment)
Now where's the RJ at all?