The living Daylights

James Bond must prevent renegade KGB General Koskov and his ally, arms dealer Brad Whitaker, from enriching themselves through a complicated sheme to cause all-out war between Soviet and British intelligence agencies.


Release Date:

* June 29, 1987


Plot:

* Drug and weapons trafficking


Box Office Results:

* $191.2 million


Running Time:

* 2 hours, 12 minutes

Issue Sidearm:

* Walther PPK


Gadgets:

* Walther WA2000
* Q Branch Keychain with stun gas and C4 explosive charge
* Aston Martin Volante


Director:

* John Glen


Screenplay:

* Richard Maibaum
* Michael G. Wilson


Title Song:

* The Living Daylights


Title Song Artist:

* a-ha


Starring:

* Timothy Dalton as James Bond


Villains:

* Joe Don Baker as Brad Whitaker
* Jeroen Krabbe as General Georgi Koskov


Henchmen:

* Andreas Wisniewski as Necros
* Carl Rigg as Imposter


Bond Girls:

* Maryam d'Abo as Kara Milovy


Supporting Cast:

* Thomas Wheatley as Saunders
* John Terry as Felix Leiter
* Geoffrey Keen as Sir Frederick Gray
* Walter Gotell as General Anatol Gogol
* Robert Brown as M
* Desmond Llewelyn as Q
* Caroline Bliss as Miss Moneypenny

* John Rhys-Davies as General Leonid Pushkin

* Art Malik as Kamran Shah


Filming Locations:

* Gibraltar; Bratislava, Czechoslovakia; Vienna, Austria; London, UK; Blayden, UK; Tangier; Afghanistan; New York.


Best Quote:

* Bond: "I 've had a few optional extras installed."


Best Mistake: (According to mi6.co.uk)

* When Bond and Kara are sliding down the slopes on the cello case, the cello Bond is holding gets shot through the front, yet Bond is unscathed


Distinguishing Feature: (According to mi6.co.uk)

* Not only does this film usher in a new Bond (Timothy Dalton) but also a new Miss Moneypenny (Caroline Bliss)


Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)

* Conquests: 2
* Martinis: 2
* Kills: 3
* "Bond, James Bond": 1