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The Living Daylights

6.5

Released June 29, 1987Runtime 2h 10min

The new James Bond...living on the edge.

After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Production Companies

EON Productions

United Artists

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries

United Kingdom

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $40,000,000
Revenue: $191,185,897
Profit/Loss: $151,185,897

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Cast

Timothy DaltonJames Bond

Maryam d'AboKara Milovy

Joe Don BakerBrad Whitaker

Art MalikKamran Shah

John Rhys-DaviesGeneral Leonid Pushkin

Jeroen KrabbéGeneral Georgi Koskov

Andreas WisniewskiNecros

Thomas WheatleySaunders

Desmond LlewelynQ

Robert BrownM

Geoffrey KeenMinister of Defence

Walter GotellGeneral Anatol Gogol

Caroline BlissMiss Moneypenny

John TerryFelix Leiter

Virginia HeyRubavitch

John BoweCol. Feyador

Julie T. WallaceRosika Miklos

Belle AveryLinda (as Kell Tyler)

Catherine RabettLiz

Dulice LiecierAva

Nadim SawalhaChief of Security, Tangier

Alan TalbotKoskov's KGB Minder

Carl RiggImposter

Tony CyrusChief of Snow Leopard Brotherhood

Michael MoorKamran's Man

Sumar KhanKamran's Man

Ken SharrockJailer

Peter PorteousGasworks Supervisor

Antony CarrickMale Secretary, Blayden

Frederick Warder004

Glyn Baker002

Scott HoxbySergeant Stagg

Bill WestonButler, Blayden

Richard CubisonTrade Centre Toastmaster

Heinz WinterConcierge, Vienna Hotel

Leslie FrenchLavatory Attendant

Mayte SánchezGirl

Barbara BroccoliOpera Patron

Robert MirandaPushkin's Hitman

Paul WestonGibraltar Soldier #3

Michael G. WilsonOpera Patron

Hanno PöschlPrater Ferris Wheel Operator

Graham ColeAgent

Barrie HollandQ Branch Technician (uncredited)

Crew

John GlenDirector

Michael G. WilsonScreenplay

Richard MaibaumScreenplay

Ian FlemingNovel

Albert R. BroccoliProducer

Michael G. WilsonProducer

Debbie McWilliamsCasting

Tom PevsnerProducer

Barbara BroccoliAssociate Producer

Peter DaviesEditor

Alec MillsDirector of Photography

John BarryOriginal Music Composer

Michael FordSet Decoration

John GroverEditor

Peter LamontProduction Design

Terry Ackland-SnowArt Direction

Emma PorteousCostume Design

Maurice BinderMain Title Designer

Greg PowellAnimal Coordinator

Jim MorahanAssistant Art Director

Andreas GroschTransportation Captain

Paul Waaktaar-SavoyTheme Song Performance

Morten HarketTheme Song Performance

Magne FuruholmenTheme Song Performance

Eddie PowellStunts

Jille AzisAssistant Set Decoration

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Reviews

_**Solid Bond film with Timothy Dalton taking over as 007**_ "The Living Daylights" was the first of two James Bond films featuring Timothy Dalton as 007. It's a solid Bond flick, but rarely cited when the best films of the franchise are discussed. The "problem" isn't Dalton because he makes a...

Great entry into the series and wonderful debut for Dalton who was charming, and for me far and away better than any of Roger Moore's movies (though found some of his to be entertaining enough). Not all that fond of this theme song but still catchy enough I suppose. Also features some great aerial ...

So Roger Moore has handed the baton of Ian Fleming's "007" to Timothy Dalton and this first outing is not at all bad. The story is, perhaps, not the best but this is still an action packed adventure with loads of pyrotechnics and daft gadgets that really does move along swiftly for over two hours. ...

by GenerationofSwine

I don't understand all the hate on Dalton as 007, I actually thought he was a decent Bond, I thought he brought back some of the cold blooded assassin that personified the first of the Connery Era films. And I think he was a much needed change of pace away from Moore's silliness. However, I t...

The last of the very good 007 films. The last of the fun 007 films for sure. Here, Bond is supposed to stop an assassination of a Russian VIP defecting to the West, but Bond senses something, and instead of killing the assassin (a shapely female violinist), he shoots the weapon from her hand. So...

I also use to not like this that much and again I like it now but I do prefer Licence to Kill.