The Three Blind Mice.

The Three Blind Mice are professional assassins working as henchmen for Dr Julius No. They use pretended blindness as a ruse to deflect attention, and carry guns to perform their killings. They have become known as “The Three Blind Mice” because of the song that accompanies them on the film’s soundtrack.

When Professor Dent tells Dr No that John Strangways has found radioactive bits of rock from Crab Key, he orders the Three Blind Mice to kill Strangways and his secretary Miss Trueblood.

The Three Blind Mice are also sent to kill James Bond when Mr Jones fails to do so. They wait for him at his hotel, but they are thwarted by the arrival of a car.

When Miss Taro asks Bond to come up to her house, it is a trap so that the Blind Mice can kill him. In a dramatic car chase, Bond outsmarts the Mice, who drive over a cliff to their deaths.

The Three Blind Mice are not mentioned in the film’s opening or end credits. The James Bond Encyclopedia recently released the names of all three actors of the Three Blind Mice as well as their Hearse Driver:

• Eric Coverly (1st beggar)
• Charles Edghill (2nd beggar)
• Henry Lopez (3rd beggar)
• Adrian Robinson (hearse driver)

See also:

• Bond henchmen