The Living Daylights
Released: June 29, 1987Runtime: 130 min
After 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.
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- $51.2M($148.7M today)
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View franchise →Dr. No
1962
From Russia with Love
1963
Goldfinger
1964
Thunderball
1965
You Only Live Twice
1967
Casino Royale
1967
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
Live and Let Die
1973
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Moonraker
1979
For Your Eyes Only
1981
Octopussy
1983
Never Say Never Again
1983
A View to a Kill
1985
Licence to Kill
1989
GoldenEye
1995
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
The World Is Not Enough
1999
Die Another Day
2002
Casino Royale
2006
Quantum of Solace
2008
Skyfall
2012
Spectre
2015
No Time to Die
2021
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Cast & Crew
Top billed cast
Timothy Dalton
as James Bond
Maryam D Abo
as Kara Milovy
Joe Don Baker
as Brad Whitaker
Jeroen Krabbe
as General Georgi Koskov
Art Malik
as Kamran Shah
John Rhys Davies
as General Leonid Pushkin
Andreas Wisniewski
as Necros
Thomas Wheatley
as Saunders
Desmond Llewelyn
as Q
Robert Brown
as M
Geoffrey Keen
as Minister of Defence
Walter Gotell
as General Anatol Gogol
Supporting cast
36Caroline Bliss
as Miss Moneypenny
John Terry
as Felix Leiter
Virginia Hey
as Rubavitch
John Bowe
as Col. Feyador
Julie T Wallace
as Rosika Miklos
Belle Avery
as Linda (as Kell Tyler)
Catherine Rabett
as Liz
Dulice Liecier
as Ava
Nadim Sawalha
as Chief of Security, Tangier
Alan Talbot
as Koskov's KGB Minder
Carl Rigg
as Imposter
Tony Cyrus
as Chief of Snow Leopard Brotherhood
Michael Moor
as Kamran's Man
Sumar Khan
as Kamran's Man
Ken Sharrock
as Jailer
Peter Porteous
as Gasworks Supervisor
Antony Carrick
as Male Secretary, Blayden
Frederick Warder
as 004
Glyn Baker
as 002
Scott Hoxby
as Sergeant Stagg
Bill Weston
as Butler, Blayden
Richard Cubison
as Trade Centre Toastmaster
Heinz Winter
as Concierge, Vienna Hotel
Leslie French
as Lavatory Attendant
Mayte Sanchez
as Girl
Barbara Broccoli
as Opera Patron
Paul Weston
as Gibraltar Soldier #3
Hanno Poschl
as Prater Ferris Wheel Operator
Graham Cole
as Agent
John Barry
as Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
Alan Harris
as Man Firing Ghetto Blaster (uncredited)
Derek Lyons
as MI6 Agent (uncredited)
Robert Miranda
as Pushkin's Hitman (uncredited)
Michael Percival
as Chef (uncredited)
Tina Simmons
as Agent (uncredited)
Michael G Wilson
as Opera Patron (uncredited)
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