After assisting the DEA in the capture of drug baron Franz Sanchez in mid air, James Bond attends the wedding of his CIA buddy Felix Leiter.
However, after Sanchez escapes custody, 007 finds Sanchez has exacted his revenge on Leiter by raping and murdering his bride, while Leiter is maimed by being thrown to the sharks.
When M orders Bond on an assignment in Turkey he resigns and with his licence to kill withdrawn flees MI6 and goes rogue. Bond manages to infiltrate the drug smuggling operation and uncovers how vast quantities of drugs are being shipped, as he tracks down Sanchez on a personal mission of revenge.
What we say
Timothy Dalton’s return as James Bond was a real disappointment and while it incorporates material from the novel Live And Let Die, it lacks the sense of being a James Bond film and the plot is rather confused
Locations
Original release
Premiere: 13th June 1987 at the Odeon Leicester Square
UK: 13th June 1989
US: 10th July 1989
Principal crew
| Director | John Glen |
| Screenplay | Michael G Wilson & Richard Maibaum |
| Producer | Albert R Broccoli & Michael G Wilson |
| Music | Michael Kamen |
| Editing | John Grover |
| Production design | Peter Lamont |
| Cinematography | Alec Mills |
Cast
| Timothy Dalton | James Bond |
| Carey Lowell | Pam Bouvier |
| Robert Davi | Franz Sanchez |
| Talisa Soto | Lupe Lamora |
| Anthony Zerbe | Milton Krest |
| Frank McRae | Sharkey |
| David Hedison | Felix Leiter |
| Wayne Newton | Professor Joe Butcher |
| Benicio Del Toro | Dario |
| Anthony Starke | Truman-Lodge |
| Everett McGill | Ed Killifer |
| Desmond Llewelyn | Q |
| Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | President Hector Lopez |
| Robert Brown | M |
| Priscilla Barnes | Della Churchill Leiter |
| Don Stroud | Heller |
| Caroline Bliss | Miss Moneypenny |
| Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | Kwang |
| Grand L. Bush | Hawkins |
| Alejandro Bracho | Perez |
| Guy De Saint Cyr | Braun |
| Rafer Johnson | Mullens |
| Diana Lee Hsu | Loti |
| Christopher Neame | Fallon |
| Jeannine Bisignano | Stripper |
| Claudio Brook | Montelongo |
| Cynthia Fallon | Consuelo |
| Enrique Novi | Rasmussen |
| Osami Kawawo | Oriental |
| George Belanger | Doctor |
| Roger Cudney | Wavekrest Captain |
| Honorato Magaloni | Chief Chemist |
| Jorge Russek | Pit Boss |
| Sergio Corona | Bellboy |
| Stuart Quan | Ninja |
| José Abdala | Tanker Driver |
| Teresa Blake | Ticket Agent |
| Samuel Benjamin Lancaster | Della’s Uncle |
| Juan Peláez | Casino Manager |
| Mark Kelty | Coast Guard Radio Operator |
| Humberto Elizondo | Hotel Assistant Manager |
| Fidel Garriga | Sanchez’s Driver |
| Edna Bolkan | Barrelhead Waitress |
| Eddie Edenfield | Clive |
Drinks
- Champagne
- Budweiser (with lime, although he doesn’t actually drink it)
- Bollinger RD
- Vodka martini (medium dry, shaken, not stirred)
- Whiskey
Cars
Maserati 425 bi-turbo saloon (1989)
Quotes
- “He disagreed with something that ate him”
- “If I don’t get you back in time for the wedding, I’m a dead man for sure!”
- ”Here. Buy yourself some decent clothes.”
- “No Commander. You’re a loose cannon on deck. I’m shipping you straight back to London.”
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