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  • i never knew Cary Grant was the first James Bond.

  • @DanNZ4 Neither did I. He would have been pretty good too.

  • @Yankee4Life i bet

  • Hitchock's films are great but "Charade" was better then "To Catch a Thief". Offcourse they both got nothing on "North by Northwest".

  • @djmax2k6 Yeah I agree. I love Charade its one of my favorites but I think North by northwest is in my top 3 favorite movies of all time

  • Sorry but Archie just doesn't "work" as Bond.

    I had already seen "From Russia With Love" by the time I'd seen "Charade" (the majority of these outtakes are from that film) and I clearly recall thinking as a nine year old; "Nah this is dumb, that 'other guy' (Connery) is a lot better at this stuff, he's MUCH MEANER!" Simply meaning; "believable."

  • You heard what she said: "It would be one film deal". I have seen whole documentary.

  • @bobszvetics: I have two examples to prove you wrong.

    1: Roger Moore played as JB in "A View to a Kill" in 1985 when he was 58. Cary Grant was also 58 in 1962.

    2: Watch the scene from 2:18 to 2:34, that is the rooftop scene taken from "Charade" in 1963, and Cary was 59!!!

  • @19ji98ng05re03n MOORE SHOULD STOPPED PLAYING BOND AFTER MOONRAKER HE WAS JUST TOO OLD

  • Cary Grant would've been cool, but he was honestly too old when they were making the movies. However, to compensate, we got Pierce Brosnan thirty years later and Pierce really is the closest thing we have to a modern day Grant.

  • While I'm glad this didn't happen (as Sean Connery might have never taken the role), I have no doubt that Cary Grant would have knocked it out of the park.

  • I have to Watch, It takes a Thief. Is it on Youtube ? I will cal lmy Library to see if they have a copy of it : )

  • I watched Cary Grant in Operation Petticoat a Number of Times in the last Few weeks. I could watc tthat Film of his over and over and over again. it and he is that good.

    Come to think of it I have Charade on DVD too. I must find it.... : ) As a Transatlantic British-American I womder if I would ever step into Cary Grant'd shoes of being Adventurous, Slightly Romantic at Times and at other Times being Funny.

  • The Character of Captain Kirk drew elements out of the characters of Some of Cary Grant's Roles on Film and a lot of Richard Basehart's screen behavior. Shatner also drew on elements of Sean Connery's James Bond.

    Sean Connery's James Bond 007 set the Standard. As he Kils the Enemy in his Bare Hands ,Sean Connery's James Bond does it ice cold & as if he is taking out the large size Garbage Bag from the side of the House. Roger Moore stepped into his shoes but never filled them Fully,

  • My opinion is that Cary Grant would be better Bond than even Sean Connery, if that's possible.

  • The Bond that Craig plays is the most realistic and the best. The children before him would have lasted 3 seconds in reality

  • If I could be one of Three People. It would be either Captain Kirk, Errol Flynn or without a Doubt the one and only, Charming, Sophisticated and Ever Gentlemanly, Cary Grant.........................­............

  • @Roadracer987654321 Do you actually mean KIRK the character or that awful man SHATNER? To me Shatner is the antithesis of Grant!

  • @stevobath I Met Shatner.....He and I Shook hands. He knows my Real Name Very Well.

    Soooo,Shhhhhhh : )

  • @stevobath The One and Only.....

    Shatner ha the Small Family Business Person aura about him that made his Portrayal of Captain Kirk. People like that are not around anymore. Chris Pine can goive it a Good shot. But Topping Shatner as Kirk is Impossible.

  • I think Liberace would have been a "kick ass" Bond.

  • A Tribute to Cary Grant ------> youtube.com/watch?v=unkP7hRIni­A

  • Grant would have least made a gentleman Bond... not a TERMINATOR Bond they made of Daniel Craig. The poor sap can't help it... sign of the times unfortunately

  • Compared with that thug Daniel Craig, CG was a complete and utter gentleman, he would of made a great JB.

  • vaut mieux sauter du vehicule avant. bon grace kelly a une chambre

    me decalle en sol ! pour les avoir de DO

  • vaut mieux sauter du vehicule avant. bon grace kelly a une chambre

  • this is one for the thank god it never happened list, right in between nick nolte not playing han solo and oliver stone getting skipped over for directing the original conan movie.

  • evolution : ines // carla bruni

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  • evolution : ines // carla bruni

    2:44 batiement surplomb : batisse perchée americaine servie en helicopter a l alpes d huez

  • evolution : ines // carla bruni

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    secu : il dit : dany brillant est passé avec sa femme la blonde .

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    le mental evolutif "pays de droits" ala sauce musulmans courte integrist

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  • 1:13 was perfect timing with the music and the intensity of the crop duster attack! And the ending was even better!!! Awesome video!

  • I'm Scottish AND from Edinburgh, but sorry Sean, Cary Grant would have been a fantastic James Bond !

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    TRAUMA MAFIA ET CENIK:

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    BORDET ST PIERRE : version cinema holy boly wod detruire les decors no tracess

    GENS : idem goulagmanie et ponderale manie : decor humain substrat ( > pilule du dr HEM de fond roy de legein françois ....morfo mudulateur a l essai ??

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    TRAUMA MAFIA ET CENIK:

    Cary ressemble bien a J.MULNARD professeur embryo anatomie ulb, comme ballaux chir cavell athois passage dor professeur bordet ( ..reservoir

    BORDET ST PIERRE : version cinema holy boly wod detruire les decors no tracess

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    TRAUMA MAFIA ET CENIK:

    la formule self made simplissime se trouve dans EMT frydberg s aprends en 5 minutes sur son principe .

    Cary ressemble bien a J.MULNARD professeur embryo anatomie ulb, comme ballaux chir cavell athois passage

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    quand le spirit est depassé par les spiritueux

  • derniere scene combat mortel entre un pediatre et une gyneco 95 avant une invitation banale chez les FOX anne et jonathan , ( gudule, maire paul kumpf, bernard cogniaux, ..) avril 95 environ .

    le pediatre saute sur la gyneco mais hop il se retrouve lui alors les clefs a son coups pour lacher sa proie qui n avait rien fait de spe ( crazy

    rtbf in the saloon ? wiski pedia demonté comme un enragé depuis 90..

    quand le spirit est depassé par les spiritueux

  • derniere scene combat mortel entre un pediatre et une gyneco 95 avant une invitation banale chez les FOX anne et jonathan , ( gudule, maire paul kumpf, bernard cogniaux, ..) avril 95 environ .

    le pediatre saute sur la gyneco mais hop il se retrouve lui alors les clefs a son coups pour lacher sa proie qui n avait rien fait de spe ( crazy

    rtbf in the saloon ? wiski pedia demonté comme un enragé depuis 90..

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    le pediatre saute sur la gyneco mais hop il se retrouve lui alors les clefs a son coups pour lacher sa proie qui n avait rien fait de spe ( crazy

  • medecin practice in brussel by bad time, a la solde des EMI rs du conrad marcolini exki hosteleria

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  • "North by Northwest" has 2 be mentioned, in the realm of Bond.

  • I feel this way about it: Sean Connery was the perfect James Bond, the had the class, the charm and the look to play James Bond...

    But the character James Bond is so much alike Cary Grant, you really believe the Bond character was written for Cary Grant, because he would have been magnificent for the part...

  • Thanks sooo much for sharing!

  • Connery isn't the best James Bond -- he's the ONLY James Bond.  Grant was too good a comedic actor to be used for James Bond, although he would have done it perfectly well.

  • Connery better looking than Grant - more masculine face. Grant never acted as macho as Connery. Grant would have been Roger Moore-lite. Roger Moore better looking than Grant too.

  • @tubeman123100 I beg to differ. Grant was.... well flawless when it came to his looks. Just perfect. Couple that with his impeccable charisma and I don't think anyone really beats him, even today

  • @tubeman123100 With all due respect, apart from Cary Grant - the greatest Bond that never was would have to be Patrick McGoohan. After Grant turned it down, McGoohan was approached but he also turned the role down for moral reasons. He also turned down the role of the Saint for the same reason. 'James Bond' was originally going to be a tv series which became 'Danger Man' starring McGoohan. It was McGoohan who suggested Connery. Pat was approached 2 more times - after Connery and after Lazenby.

  • I think your clips prove he really was the first Bond.

  • I did not know.

    Rich

  • He was suave enough, but not British enough

  • @breadbaker226 Eh... did you realize he's actually British and his real name was Archibald Leach, from Bristol???

  • @dalegrett No I didn't know that, but he is still not British enough....

  • No if's, no and's, no but's - SEAN CONNERY was/is the man!

  • Grant would be the best Bond, no doubt about that.Since he didn't play Bond, Sean Connery is number 1.I love them both.

  • Well, the best Bond is... Fleming! I mean that the story itself has an enormous power & the character is so interesting... The genius is Fleming himself. From S Connery to D Craig, each of them brings some aspect of the character to life, and I like them all. But Fleming was the genius. Not the same happens with Zorro for ex.: the only great one is Tayron Power. Because there is not so much to tell about Zorro, so 1 great interpreter is enough: Bond is bigger and deeper, so we need many.

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  • Always love Cary Grant films and i can imagine him saying some 'Bondy' things

    but for me Sean Connery is James Bond. Maybe it's what Bond you saw 1st ? I can't remember which one i saw 1st but Connery just nails it. Having said that my favorite Bond film is 'Live and Let Die'

    with Rog the dodge!

  • @jackthehatuk

    Not necessarily. The first film that I watched was one of the RM films, Live and Let Die... but I still like Sean Connery well.

  • cary grant is the man. i feel he would of been the best bond.. too bad he never got the role. the voice, the look and the talent. rip mr. grant...

  • Sean Connery was the best Bond, no question. But don’t write Cary Grant off. Watch the movie “To Catch a Thief” staring Cary. This movie is the movie that inspired the Bond movies. Remember when you watch it that it came out in 1955! Seven years before Dr. No! There is no question that much of the Bond movie style came from “To Catch a Thief.”

  • @CyanChris Even more inspiration came from North by Northwest (59).

  • @CyanChris Don't forget North by Northwest! Bond films took directly from those Hitchcock/Grant movies.

  • @CyanChris

    Actually, I'd be more inclined to think that it inspired the TV show, "It Takes a Thief."

    For me, the template for the early Bond films was "North by Northwest."

  • @CyanChris I agree. Connery IS Bond! Grant would have been an excellent Bond had he not been past his prime. "To Catch a Thief" was definitely the template for the future 007 films.

    But remember that Ian Fleming's first Bond novel "Casino Royale" was published in 1952.

    Could there have possibly ben some "cross pollination" here?

    Makes one wonder....

  • As much as I liked Cary Grant, I never thought of him as James Bond, probably because he was nearing the tail end of his movie career, as the Bond series was starting. Your presentation showed me just how good a Bond he could have been. Nice job, spacespartan.

  • You just can't but help but hear CG's voice saying the line Bond, James Bond", & somehow it just doesn't sound right to me. IMHO they for the right man in Sean, who was Bond personified

  • He could have done 1 or two he was in good nick for hes age and was looking good

  • @simonheart007 He was already 58 and fat when Dr No was filmed.

  • I like Cary Grant and the suspense action/thriller movies he did, but I really don't see him in the role, I think Sean made the series, had Carey or even Roger started as the first Bond, (even though Roger was a great Bond), I doubt the right edge to the series would have been there to keep it going. Sean gave Roger means to play Bond outside his image (Simon Templar).

    Sean's was counter to Flemming's idea and gave more to the Character which gave future Bonds more options.

  • If Grant have taken the role as bond in the three first movies (and best) It would've been legendary beyond word. However I don't think he would be better than Sean.

    Btw, the films, to catch a thief and north by northwest. Don't think it where clips from any other film but not sure. Anybody knows?

  • @AirikrStrife charade also ofc

  • CARY WAS TOO OLD TO PLAY BOND IN 1962

  • @bobszvetics1 How old was he?

  • @58fenix CARY WAS BORN IN 1904 IN 1962 THAT WOULD OF MADE HIM 58 YEARS OLD AND HE WAS A OLD 58 IN 1964 HE RETIRED FROM MAKING FILMS

  • @bobszvetics1 Yeah now I remember now thanks.But the reason why

    I asked that is because Moore was 45 when he started and he stopped

    around 58.

  • @58fenix glad i could pass the info along to you cary also said at the time he would do one bond film and thats all also after north by northwest i think people couldnt see him as bond if the bonds would of started in the 1950s cary would of made a great 007

  • @bobszvetics1 I agree,yeah I already knew he would only do one.He

    also said that he was'nt james bond.BTW who is your favorite bond and

    why?Just curious?

  • @58fenix sean connery he was first and the best second timothy dalton its a shame he only did two bonds

  • @bobszvetics1 Did you just say Dalton,LOL,the reason why I'm laughen is

    because I completely disagree with people saying he's a success.But its cool,

    everyone has there opinions and styles.I agree with you though on connery.

  • @bobszvetics1 unfortunately so

  • @bobszvetics1 unfortunately so.

  • The perfect 007!!!!

  • I love how most of the clips are from Charade... My two favorite people. One movie. <3 :)

  • Somehow I think Sean Connery was the right actor for the role of Bond; back then he had youth on his side, as well as a deversafied acting background.

  • Cary would've been the best James Bond ever! By the way, what is the film that is being played during this video?

  • @DisneySuperGirl95 North by northwest, To Catch a Thief...

  • @WiltatKansas  Thank you!

  • Cary Grant,Sean Connery, Roger Moore e Pierce Brosnan valiam a pena viver o mais intrépido super herói que já existiu: O famoso Agente Secreto James Bond: 007 com licença para matar

  • Cary Grant as James Bond........YEAH!

  • Good old days when they understood what makes a good Bond... Even though I wasn't familiar with Cary, by watching his videos he LOOKS like Bond to me... he WALKS, he BEHAVES, he TALKS like James Bond just as Sean Connery did (does?)... Bond is supposed to be Bond, not a thug of sorts... that's what makes him James Bond and not Jason Bourne, not Ethan Hunt, John Rambo or John McClane... Please someone bring good sense back to MGM.

  • If he filmed Dr. No he would have been older than Roger Moore in A View to a Kill and we all know how that film went down with the audience and critics.

  • The big problem with Cary Grant in the roll was the film Dr. No's small budget, only one million dollars for the entire film, spy films had never been big money makers until James Bond, the film makers could not afford Grant, Ian Flemming wanted Grant, and did not like Sean Connery, before Connery Europe's most popular film Strar Amercian Steve Reeves (of Hercules fame) was offered the role, but also turned it down due to to little money. Luckly Connery got it.

  • 2 words Good & Cool

  • gary grant would have owned the part

  • Grant was too old.

  • Cary Grant would have been an awesome Bond, no matter how much I like Sean Connery!

  • I would never have thought of Cary Grant playing James Bond until I saw this video. Cary Grant had the looks for the part, and once he got rid of that nervous demeanour and the mid Atlantic accent he would have been perfect. having said that, there is no need for Sean, Roger,Timothy, Pierce and Daniel to feel disheartened. All of them have been perfect 007s, fantastic video by the way.

  • I am with you, Cary Grant hat an incredible screen charisma.

  • This was extremely cleverly done, and my compliments.

    "North by Northwest" is a template for the early Bond films, and precedes them by several years.

    I am less preoccupied by the kind of "Bond" Grant would have made, and more so by what kind of "Bond FILM" Hitchcock would have made.

  • Lets face it if James Bond had have been made 15 years earlier Cary Grant would have been given the part without a question, he was so smooth as an actor that he would have made Pierce Brosnan look rough

  • Lets face it if James Bond had have been made 15 years earlier Cary Grant would have been given the part without a question, he was so smooth as an actor that he would have made Pierce Brosnan look rough

  • james bond was made out of cary grant

  • Gary Grant could've been a great James Bond. Better then Sean.

  • @drjn8 yes but he was too old in 1962 if they started the series in 1952 cary would of got my vote to play bond but cary whould of played him like roger moore did there was only one sean connery rough and tough something that cary and roger lacked

  • He would be great Bond but they chose Sean because he was much more beautiful plus his charisma. Cary couldn't fight with this

  • What would his British accent have been like though? He would have to had to been sufficiently aware of being an ex-Eton and Fettes alumnus, Swiss / Scottish parents, Royal Navy and years of institutionalised Britishness...

  • @detcord1 cary grant was British he was born in Bristol. his "mid-atlantic" accent was simply a poor attempt at trying to sound American!

  • @detcord1 cary was born in england and knew the accents well. bond was originally conceived as english till connery took the roles. fleming, impressed by sean's portrayal, then included bond's "swiss/scottish" heritage in his next book, "you only live twice".

  • I love this!! :D

  • Hmmm... a serious 50's version of Casino Royale (forget the 60's spoof and Daniel Craig's epic running battle that would have killed Bruce Jenner in his prime)...a 50's Big Hollywood budget.....Hitchcock directing....Cary Grant starring....maybe Grace Kelly as the chief love interest...James Mason as the villain...damn, that would have been terrific! Cary Grant may never have actually played James Bond, per se, but he did everything Connery and the rest did, and he did it first and better!

  • Cary Grant would have been the ultimate Bond. He's also from my neck of the woods! It's also worth watching him in North by North West (directed by Alfred Hitchcock). Expect a re-make with Clooney playing lead soon. I also recommend DCI Stark if you like thriller\Detective stories. Just google it.

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  • Damn,he would be perfect.

  • Yeah but he turned down Lolita because he thought the story was sick.

  • @saturn5100 Yeah, Cary played the spy, adventurer thriller roles with panache that even Connery could only approximate. Mix Roger Moore with Connery and you get close to Grant, but you'd need all of the Bond actors blended to hit it right. Except Cary's characters weren't played as cruel at the recent guy. You can go back to all of the Hitchcock/Grant movies plus To Catch a Thief and Charades to see how it's done right.

  • I don't think Grant would have shot a man in the back like Connery did in Dr No.

  • Didn't remember/forgot that about Connery's Bond.

  • it would have been good if Cary Grant was given at least one chance of playing the role of James Bond =)

  • From what I read it was due to Cary Grant's age you're right because he would of been 58 years old if he were have to been in the film.

  • What did he mean by he would only do one film? Did he mean he was old or that Carey didnt do sequels?

  • that would be the best james ond ever, don't bother Sean Connery of course

  • awesome!

  • wow that last kiss by grace kelly! :)

  • perfect!

  • With his suave manner and his physical grace, Cary made a more convincing Bond-type than any of the actors who actually played Bond.

  • With the bond theme, you could put Don Knotts in the role.

  • Film clips are from the movies, Charade, North By Northwest and To Catch A Thief. All Cary Grant's masterpieces.

  • what are the film clips from?

  • They are from various fims in Cary Grant's career

  • I kinda gathered that.. I was wondering anything specific

  • Well I'm not as familiar with Cary Grant as I would like but I do recognize a few clips from one of my favorites North By Northwest

  • great video. I can just hear Grant saying, in Goldfinger, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy

  • I think Cary would have made a great bond after watching this video. If only he had been a few years younger things could have been so different

  • Brando admitted he'd experimented, whether that made him bisexual though is a matter of debate.

  • SEAN WINS

  • Yea, Sean wins, keveny.

    After Cary said no to Ian and his crew, who were looking for a bond, they were leaving. Just at the front gate of Carys mansion, they saw a young gardener, Sean Connery.

  • what is the title of the movie that starts at 2:10?

  • Charade (1963) starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn

    One of my favorites and it resembles Hitchcock

  • Where can I find the edition of the James Bond theme that is played at 2:00 ????

  • itunes. it cost a staggering 79p. It's on most EMI compilations of John Barry's work. Preview it first to make sure you're buying the correct one.

  • Sean Connery will ALWAYS be the second actor as Bond...Cary will ALWAYS be first====SUSPICION-NOTORIOUS-T­O CATCH A THIEF-NORTH BY NORTHWEST-CHARADE----Cary is Bond

  • Lol, a homosexual as Bond?

  • Funny you should say that....For he was so into Sophia Loren and had the SEXY Diane Cannon get knocked up. If that is gay count me in brother

  • Rumours and hearsay perpetuated by a Hollywood magazine photoshoot. Anyway, what does it matter if he was gay or not? It clearly didn't affect his acting or his ability to be a male sex symbol.

  • Homosexual? Cary wasn't gay.

  • Yes he was.

  • It was a rumour that started because the studio thought it would be a good idea to get a photoshoot of him and Randolph Scott, who he shared a house with. Unfortunately, the photos made them look like gay lovers. I know people who worked with Cary (very old now), and the idea that he was gay is seen by them as preposterous. Anyway, leave the man alone!

  • OK fine, obviously we'll never know for certain although it does seem strange taht they continued to live together for so long after they had both become established stars.

    But either way, by 1962 Grant was too old to play Bond so this isn't even an issue.

  • Agreed. Far more important to talk about his acting. Bond's in his 40s in the books isn't he. How old was Cary in '62? Genuine question by the way. How old was Connery? Answers on a postcard...

  • Connery was 31 in Dr No, Grant would have been 58.

  • I see. Yeah, Cary would have been too old. Shame.