雷迪(罗伯特•肖 Robert Shaw 饰)是魔鬼党的头号杀手,一直从未失手。由于007(肖恩•康纳利 Sean Connery 饰)屡次破坏魔鬼党的好事,魔鬼党决心除掉他,于是放出情报说英国军方一直渴望得到的密码机在俄国。同时,俄国女郎塔迪娜(达尼埃拉•比昂什 Daniela Bianchi饰)向英国军方提出要求,只要他们协助她逃往西方,即可奉上密码机。英国军方于是派出007前往俄国接应塔迪娜,拿回密码机。这边,魔鬼党早已准备好天罗地网等待007的到来。007最终命运如何?James Bond 007 is on the search for a Russian decoding machine, known as Lektor. Bond needs to find this machine, before the evil SPECTRE organization discovers it first. Whilst being romantically linked with Russian girl, Tatiana Romanova, Bond sneaks his way around Istanbul, whilst each SPECTRE agent tries to pick him off, including the over powering Donald 'Red' Grant and ex-KGB agent Rosa Klebb who knows all the tricks in the books and even possesses an incredible poison tipped shoe!