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License to Kill Trailer

Synopsis:

• Following the mutilation of Felix Leiter and the death of Della Leiter at the hands of drug czar Franz Sanchez, 007 disobeys orders and pursues Sanchez with a vengeance. Bond's obsession costs him his licence to kill - and nearly his life.

Release Date:

• July 13, 1989

Plot:

• Bond seeks revenge for the maiming of Felix Leiter and the murder of his wife

Box Office Results:

• $156.2 million

Running Time:

• 2 hours, 8 minutes

Gadgets:

• Q Branch Briefcase II
• Signature Gun

Director:

• John Glen

Screenplay:

• Richard Maibaum
• Michael G. Wilson

Title Song:

• Licence To Kill

Title Song Artist:

• Gladys Knight

Starring:

• Timothy Dalton as James Bond

Villain:

• Robert Davi as Franz Sanchez

Henchmen:

• Anthony Zerbe as Milton Krest
• Benicio Del Toro as Dario
• Don Stroud as Colonel Heller
• Anthony Starke as Truman-Lodge
• Wayne Newton as Professor Joe Butcher
• Everett McGill as Ed Killifer
• Alejandro Bracho as Perez
• Guy De Saint Cyr as Braun
• Pedro Armendariz Jr. as President Hector Lopez
• Wayne Newton as Professor Joe Butcher

Bond Girls:

• Carey Lowell as Pam Bouvier
• Talisa Soto as Lupe Lamora

Supporting Cast:

• Anthony Starke as Truman-Lodge
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• Robert Brown as M
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q
• Caroline Bliss as Miss Moneypenny

• David Hedison as Felix Leiter
• Frank McRae as Sharkey

Filming Locations:

• Key West, Florida, USA; fictional South American republic of Isthmus and Isthmus City; the Bimmi Islands; Olimpatec Meditation Institute; London, UK.

Best Quote

• Bond:"Now why don't you wait until your asked?"

Bouvier: "Then why don't you ask me?"

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

• Leaving Felix's wedding, Bond puts his airline tickets in his right pocket, but when he checks in he takes them out of his left.

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

• Felix Leiter is played by the same actor who played him in Live And Let Die - the only time in the series the role has been reprised.

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

• Conquests: 2
  
• Martinis: 1
  
• Kills: 12
  
• "Bond, James Bond": 1

Trivia:

• The last Bond film to have Timothy Dalton playing Bond
• The scene where Felix Leiter is fed to a shark is taken from a scene in Ian Fleming's novel "Live and Let Die".
• Last appearance of the male M.

Detailed synopsis:


The story opens with Bond and his friend,CIA agent Felix Leiter, on their way to Leiter's wedding to Della Churchill. Meanwhile, DEA agents spot drug lord Franz Sanchez flying near The Bahamas , and a Coast Guard helicopter collects Leiter and Bond in an attempt to capture Sanchez. They capture Sanchez by attaching a hook and cord to Sanchez's plane and pulling it out of the air with the helicopter. The two parachute to the wedding.
Later that day, bribed DEA agent Ed Killifer assists Sanchez in escaping. On their honeymoon night, Leiter and Della are captured by Sanchez's henchmen; Leiter is fed to a shark as his wife is raped and killed. After hearing the news of Sanchez's escape, Bond returns to Leiter's house to find Della dead and Felix alive but severely injured.




Bond begins his revenge by killing Killifer, causing him to fall into the same tank with the shark that maimed Leiter. M meets Bond in Key West's Hemingway House and orders him to an assignment in Istanbul, Turkey. Bond refuses the assignment and subsequently resigns. M accepts his resignation and immediately revokes his licence to kill. Bond quickly escapes MI6 custody and becomes a rogue agent, bereft of official backing but later surreptitiously helped by armourer Q. Bond boards a ship run by Milton Krest, Sanchez's key lieutenant, where he ruins Sanchez's latest drug shipment and steals five million dollars. In Leiter's records, Bond finds details of a rendezvous in Bimini with Pam Bouvier , an ex-CIA agent-pilot, who he recruits to his mission.