Date of Release World Premiere 22nd May 1985, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, USA
Running Time 131 minutes
James Bond Roger Moore
Plot
Max Zorin, a prodigy of Nazi experimentation, plans to destroy Silicon Valley in California, thereby cornering the market in microchips.
Bond’s Women
- Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts)
- Pola Ivanova (Fiona Fullerton)
- Kimberley Jones (Mary Stavin)
Bond’s Enemies
- Max Zorin (Christopher Walken)
- May Day (Grace Jones)
- Scarpine (Patrick Bachau)
- Jenny Flex (Alison Doody)
- Pan Ho (Papillion Soo Soo)
- Dr. Carl Mortner (Willoughby Gray)
- Bob Conley (Manning Redwood)
- W. G. Howe (Daniel Benzali)
Bond’s Allies
- Chuck Lee (David Yip)
- Sir Godfrey Tibbett (Patrick Macnee)
- Achille Aubergine (Jean Rougerie)
- Frederick Gray (Geoffrey Keen)
- General Anatol Gogol (Walter Gotell)
- ‘M’ (Robert Brown)
- Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell)
- ‘Q’ (Desmond Llewelyn)
Bond’s Car Renault 11 Taxi [‘borrowed’ from its owner]
Bond’s Gadget Ring Camera
Main Title Music ‘A View To A Kill’ performed by Duran Duran
End Title Music ‘A View To A Kill’ performed by Duran Duran
Music Score John Barry
Production Design Peter Lamont
Main Titles Designer Maurice Binder
Screenplay Richard Maibaum & Michael G. Wilson
Editor Peter Davies
Director of Photography Alan Hume
Director John Glen
Producer Albert R. Broccoli
Filming Locations
- Pinewood Studios, London, England
- Amberley Museum, West Sussex, England
- Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire, England
- Chateau de Chantilly, France
- Paris, France
- Restaurant Le Jules Verne, The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
- Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, California, USA
- Oakland, California, USA (Dunsmuir historic estate)
- Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, USA
- San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco, California, USA (Exteriors and Interiors)
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Jokulsarlon, Breidamerkursandur, Iceland
- Vatnajokull glacier, Iceland
- Switzerland
Budget $30 million
Worldwide Box Office $152.4 million