The Living Daylights
Also known as Living Daylights
1987 film by John Glen
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"The Living Daylights" is a 1987 James Bond film directed by John Glen that follows the iconic British spy on a Cold War adventure. The film marked Timothy Dalton's debut as James Bond and is notable for its darker, more grounded tone compared to some of its predecessors.
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6.5After 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.
Released: 1987-06-29130 minDir: John GlenAction, Adventure, ThrillerBudget: $40.0MBox office: $191MPart of: James Bond Collection
Cast
- Timothy Dalton as James Bond
- Maryam D'Abo as Kara Milovy
- Joe Don Baker as Brad Whitaker
- Art Malik as Kamran Shah
- John Rhys-Davies as General Leonid Pushkin
- Jeroen Krabbé as General Georgi Koskov
Themes
- prison
- london, england
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The Living Daylights is a 1987 spy film, the fifteenth entry in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the first of two to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.
The fourth film in the series to be directed by John Glen, the film's title is taken from Ian Fleming's short story "The Living Daylights", the plot of which also forms the basis of the first act of the film. It was the last film to use the title of an Ian Fleming story until the 2006 instal ment Casino Royale. It is also the first film to have Caroline Bliss as Miss Moneypenny, replacing Lois Maxwell.
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1980s spy films1987 action thriller films1987 adventure films1987 British films1987 English-language films1987 filmsBritish sequel filmsBritish thriller filmsCold War spy filmsEnglish-language action adventure filmsEnglish-language action thriller filmsEon Productions filmsFilms about the illegal drug trade