Q (James Bond) offers some words of advice: Q: "I've always tried to teach you two things: First, never let them see you bleed." Bond: "And the second?"Q: "Always have an escape plan." – before he is lowered out of view. This was the final film appearance of Desmond Llewelyn as Q in the James Bond series, although he would revive the role once again as Q in a Heineken commercial, a TV cross-promotion for "The World Is Not Enough". Llewelyn died in a car crash just weeks after the film's release. Between films he also starred as Q in various commercials for
In Which We Serve station on the Isle of Portland. For example, the departure of Blake and Hardy was filmed in front of Devonport's original main entrance, the Keyham Dock Gate (although there is some debate as to whether this was a interior studio shot). Smeaton's Tower on the seafront at Plymouth Hoe was used for the leave ashore scenes between "Shorty" Blake (Mills) and his wife Freda (Kay Walsh). The destroyer played HMS "Torrin". The film was the second most popular movie at the British box office in 1943. The film was one of the most successful British films ever released in the