Syd Cain is a British production designer who has worked on more than 30 films, including four in the James Bond series in the 1960s and 1970s. For From Russia with Love, he designed a $150,000 set for a chess match which repeated the "chess pawn" motive throughout the room.[1]
He survived a plane crash in Rhodesia during World War II, which broke his back, and also later survived being struck by lightning.
In his later years he went to live at Charterhouse in London.
Selected filmography
- The Sea Wolves (1980)
- The Wild Geese (1978)
- Shout at the Devil (1976)
- Aces High (1976)
- Live and Let Die (1973)
- Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972) (features an in joke of a racing form featuring the horse Jon Finch is to bet on is owned by a "Mrs S. Cain")
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
- François Truffaut's Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
- Hot Enough for June (1964)
- From Russia with Love (1963)
- Dr. No 1962 uncredited Art Director on Jamaica locations
- Road to Hong Kong 1962
- Lolita 1962
References
- ^ Syd Cain. (2000). Inside From Russia with Love. [DVD]. MGM Home Entertainment Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0322760/. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
External links
- Syd Cain at the Internet Movie Database
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