The Living Daylights (1987)
- Starring:
- Timothy Dalton, Maryam D'Abo, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Glen
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Action / Adventure, Foreign
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The Living Daylights represents the first appearance by Timothy Dalton as "Bond...James Bond." Based very, very loosely on an obscure Ian Fleming short story, the film finds Bond assigned to aid in the defection of KGB agent Jeroen Krabbe. 007 must prevent an unknown sniper from killing Krabbe before he can reach the West. The mysterious assailant turns out to be the luscious Maryam d'Abo, who like practically everyone in the film except Bond is Not All That She Seems. The plot wends its way through a scheme to trade several million dollars' worth of diamonds for weapons, which will be shipped off to mercenaries worldwide. The climax takes place high above the clouds in a cargo plane loaded with opium. Dalton would play Bond one more time in License to Kill (1989) before handing the franchise over to Pierce Brosnan. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 131 mins
Complete Cast:
- Timothy Dalton - James Bond
- Jeroen Krabbé - Gen. Georgi Koskov
- John Rhys-Davies - Gen. Leonid Pushkin
- Andreas Wisniewski - Necros
- Desmond Llewelyn - Q
- Geoffrey Keen - Minister of Defense
- Caroline Bliss - Miss Moneypenny
- John Bowe - Colonel Feyador
- Kell Tyler - Linda
- Dulice Liecier - Ava
- Alan Talbot - Koskov's KGB Minder
- Tony Cyrus - Chief of Snow Leopard Brotherhood
- Ken Sharrock - Jailer
- Virginia Hey - Rubavitch
- Bill Weston - Butler, Blayden
- Richard Cubison - Trade Centre Toastmaster
- Derek Hoxby - Sergeant Stagg
- Frederick Warder - 004
- Maryam D'Abo - Kara Malovy
- Joe Don Baker - Brad Whitaker
- Art Malik - Kamran Shah
- Thomas Wheatley - Saunders
- Robert Brown - M
- Walter Gotell - Gen. Anatol Gogol
- John Terry - Felix Leiter
- Julie T. Wallace - Rosika Miklos
- Catherine Rabett - Liz
- Nadim Sawalha - Chief of Security, Tangier
- Carl Rigg - Imposter
- Atik Mohamed - Achmed
- Peter Porteous - Gasworks Supervisor
- Leslie French - Lavatory Attendant
- Antony Carrick - Male Secretary, Blayden
- Sumar Khan - Kamran's Man
- Maite Sanchez - Girl
- Director(s):
- John Glen
- Writer(s):
- Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum
- Producer(s):
- Michael G. Wilson, Albert R. Broccoli
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Situations, Brief Nudity, Questionable for Children, Violence)
- Categories:
- Foreign, Action / Adventure
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