Date of Release World Premiere 29th June 1987, the Odeon Leicester Square, London.
Running Time 130 minutes
James Bond Timothy Dalton
Plot
Soviet General Georgi Koskov fakes his defection to the West in order he is able to continue his capitalist pursuits and have the British Secret Service eliminate his colleagues who are close to exposing his corruption.
Bond’s Women
- Kara Milovy (Maryam d’Abo)
- Linda (Kell Tyler)
Bond’s Enemies
- General Georgi Koskov (Jeroen
- Krabbe)
- Brad Whitaker (Joe Don Baker)
- Necros (Andreas Wisniewski)
- Impostor [Gibraltar assassin] (Carl Rigg)
Bond’s Allies
- Saunders (Thomas Wheatley)
- Felix Leiter (John Terry)
- CIA Agent Liz (Catherine Rabbett)
- CIA Agent Ava (Dulice Liecier)
- Rosika Miklos (Julie T. Wallace)
- General Leonid Pushkin (John Rhys-Davies)
- Rubavitch (Virginia Hey)
- Kamran Shah (Art Malik)
- General Anatol Gogol (Walter Gotell)
- Agent oo4 (Frederick Warder)
- Agent oo2 (Glyn Baker)
- Frederick Gray (Geoffrey Keen)
- ‘M’ (Robert Brown)
- Miss Moneypenny (Caroline Bliss)
- ‘Q’ (Desmond Llewelyn)
Bond’s Car
- Aston Martin V8 Volante (convertible)
- Aston Martin V8 Vantage (hardtop)
Bond’s Gadget Philips Keyring Finder
Main Title Music ‘The Living Daylights’ performed by a-ha
End Title Music ‘If There Was A Man’ performed by The Pretenders
Music Score John Barry
Production Design Peter Lamont
Main Titles Designer Maurice Binder
Screenplay Richard Maibaum & Michael G. Wilson
Editors John Grover & Peter Davies
Director of Photography Alec Mills
Director John Glen
Producers Albert R. Broccoli & Michael G. Wilson
Worldwide Box Office $191.2 million