Overview
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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Cast
 
                    Timothy Dalton
James Bond
 
                    Maryam d'Abo
Kara Milovy
 
                    Joe Don Baker
Brad Whitaker
 
                    Art Malik
Kamran Shah
 
                    John Rhys-Davies
General Leonid Pushkin
 
                    Jeroen Krabbé
General Georgi Koskov
 
                    Andreas Wisniewski
Necros
 
                    Thomas Wheatley
Saunders
 
                    Desmond Llewelyn
Q
 
                    Robert Brown
M
 
                    Geoffrey Keen
Minister of Defence
 
                    Walter Gotell
General Anatol Gogol
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![The Living Daylights (1987) Original Trailer [FHD]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2m7VT6zXCmE/hqdefault.jpg) 
                    
                    The Living Daylights (1987) Original Trailer [FHD]
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                    Reviews
Wuchak
_**Solid Bond film with Timothy Dalton taking over as 007**_ "The Living Daylights" was the first of two James Bond films featuring Timothy Dalton as 007. It's a solid Bond flick, but rarely cited when the best films of the franchise are discussed. The "problem" isn't Dalton because he makes a fine James Bond and was what the series needed in 1987 (when the film was released). Although the Roger Moore era (1973-1985) is my favorite stretch of the franchise, mai...
Sep 05, 2018JPV852
Great entry into the series and wonderful debut for Dalton who was charming, and for me far and away better than any of Roger Moore's movies (though found some of his to be entertaining enough). Not all that fond of this theme song but still catchy enough I suppose. Also features some great aerial stuntwork. **3.75/5**
Apr 19, 2020CinemaSerf
So Roger Moore has handed the baton of Ian Fleming's "007" to Timothy Dalton and this first outing is not at all bad. The story is, perhaps, not the best but this is still an action packed adventure with loads of pyrotechnics and daft gadgets that really does move along swiftly for over two hours. "Bond" is assigned to aid would-be defector "Gen. Koskov" (Jeroen Krabbé) from Berlin, along the way encountering the lethal cellist "Kara" (Maryam d'...
Jul 29, 2022GenerationofSwine
I don't understand all the hate on Dalton as 007, I actually thought he was a decent Bond, I thought he brought back some of the cold blooded assassin that personified the first of the Connery Era films. And I think he was a much needed change of pace away from Moore's silliness. However, I think some of the hate comes from the change of pace away from the silliness. You get used to things and a lot of people got used to Moore. But, then again, I was 7 when The Living Daylight...
Jan 11, 2023drystyx
The last of the very good 007 films. The last of the fun 007 films for sure. Here, Bond is supposed to stop an assassination of a Russian VIP defecting to the West, but Bond senses something, and instead of killing the assassin (a shapely female violinist), he shoots the weapon from her hand. Something is amiss about the defector, and it's obvious to the viewer, though perhaps not obvious to someone who is in the story. We get lots of great scenery, lots of action, lots of wit, and some...
Apr 18, 2023 
             
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                    