The plot of the film version of From Russia With Love deviates from the book in that, where the book posits SMERSH as the force behind the plot, the movie attributes the plan to the fictional independent villainous organisation SPECTRE. In fact this is a very clever change, which adds significant depth and intrigue to the plot, as SPECTRE initially trick James Bond into thinking the Russians are behind the plan he has been assigned to foil, and plays the Russian and British secret services off against one another.