Main Cast: Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto, Anthony Zerbe
Release Year: 1989
Country: UK
Run Time: 133 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
Timothy Dalton is better in Licence to Kill than in his first James Bond endeavor (The Living Daylights), but he still seems uncomfortable on the right side of the law. This time around, Bond is working on his own rather than on behalf of the British Secret Service. His American friend Felix Leiter (David Hedison), an agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration, has been seriously injured by drug dealer Robert Davi, and 007 is out for blood. There is precious little time for the usual Bondian quippery and directorial campiness, resulting in a marked increase in bloodletting (including the "implosion" of secondary villain Anthony Zerbe). A climactic highway chase involving an oil tanker and a helicopter is stretched slightly beyond its value, but is still one of the best action setpieces in any Bond film. Licence to Kill was a refreshingly serious change of pace for the series, albeit one that tended to lessen Bond's box-office value. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Frank McRae - Sharkey; Wayne Newton - Prof. Joe Butcher; Everett McGill - Killifer; Benicio Del Toro - Dario; Desmond Llewelyn - Q; David Hedison - Felix Leiter; Priscilla Barnes - Della Churchill; Caroline Bliss - Miss Moneypenny; Pedro Armendariz, Jr. - President Hector Lopez; Jeannine Bisignano - Stripper; Teresa Blake - Ticket Agent; Edna Bolkan - Barrelhead Waitress; Alejandro Bracho - Perez; Claudio Brook - Montelongo; Grand L. Bush - Hawkins; Carl Ciarfalio - Warehouse Guard; Sergio Corona - Ninja; Roger Cudney - "Wavekrest" Captain; Rafer Johnson - Mullens; Samuel Benjamin Lancaster - Della's Uncle; Christopher Neame - Fallon; Jorge Russek - Pit Boss; Anthony Starke - Truman-Lodge; Don Stroud - Heller; Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa - Kwang; Jeff Moldovan - Warehouse Guard; Jose Abdala - Tanker Driver; George Belanger - Doctor; Fidel Carriga - Sanchez's Driver; Humberto Elizondo - Hotel Assistant Manager; Eddie Enderfield - Clive; Cynthia Fallon - Consuela; Osami Kawawo - Oriental; Mark Kelty - Coast Guard Radio Operator; Stuart Kwan - Ninja; Diana Lee-Hsu - Loti; Honorato Magaloni - Chief Chemist; Enrique Novi - Rasmussen; Juan Peláez - Casino Manager; Guy de Saint Cyr - Braun; Robert Brown - M
Credit
Michael Lamont - Art Director, Barbara Broccoli - Associate Producer, Tom Pevsner - Associate Producer, Jane Jenkins - Casting, Janet Hirshenson - Casting, Albert R. Broccoli - Co-producer, Michael G. Wilson - Co-producer, Jodie Lynne Tillen - Costume Designer, John Glen - Director, John Grover - Editor, Michael Kamen - Composer (Music Score), Naomi Donne - Makeup, George Frost - Makeup, Peter Lamont - Production Designer, Alec Mills - Cinematographer, Michael Ford - Set Designer, John Richardson - Special Effects, Paul Weston - Stunts, Richard Maibaum - Screenwriter, Michael G. Wilson - Screenwriter, Don Lusher - Musical Performer
