A scene from Dr. No 1962
Major Boothroyd

[to M, referring to Bond's Baretta]

Nice and light... in a lady's handbag.

M

Any comment, 007?

James Bond

I disagree, sir. I've carried the Baretta for ten years, and I've never missed with it.

M

No, but it jammed on you last job, and you spent six months in hospital in consequence. When you carry a 00 number, you have a license to kill, not get killed. Furthermore, since I've been head of MI7 [sic - MI6] there's been a forty percent drop in casualties, and I want to keep it that way. From now on you carry the Walther... unless you'd rather return to standard intelligence duties.

James Bond

No sir,I would not.

M

[to Boothroyd]

Show him, Armourer.

Major Boothroyd

[to Bond]

Walther PPK, 7.65 millimeter, with a delivery like a brick through a plate-glass window. The American CIA swear by them.

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Major Boothroyd Peter Burton

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