Licence to Kill 1989

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 133 min

genre: action

theme: spy

director: John Glen

Score: 6 / 10

Licence to Kill is a 1989 spy film, the sixteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the second (and last) to star Timothy Dalton in the role of the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Its story sees Bond being suspended from MI6 as he pursues drug lord Franz Sanchez, who has ordered an attack against Bond's CIA friend Felix Leiter and the murder of Felix's wife after their wedding.

Plot

DEA agents collect MI6 agent James Bond and his friend, CIA agent Felix Leiter, on their way to Leiter's wedding in Key West, to have them assist in capturing drugs lord Franz Sanchez. Bond and Leiter capture Sanchez by attaching a hook and cord to Sanchez's plane and pulling it out of the air with a Coast Guard helicopter. Afterwards, Bond and Leiter parachute down to the church in time for the ceremony.

Cast

More details

author	Michael G. Wilson Richard Maibaum
contentLocation	Florida
director	John Glen
editor	John Grover
events	revenge
genre	action adventure thriller
keywords	abandon best man bimini burn business man capture church cia cia agent coast guard cocaine conveyor belt dea dea agent drug dealer drug<!-- do not remove the plural 's' in 'drugs' -->s lord drug enforcement administration ernest hemingway house explosive decompression explosively decompress felix leiter frame frameup gasoline hemingway house hong kong hong kong narcotics bureau hong kong police force industrial shredder inner circle istanbul james bond key west kill licence to kill m mi6 murder petrol q religious cult rogue rogue agent shredder smuggle steal televangelist their way tiger shark turn united states coast guard wed
musicBy	Michael Kamen Walter Afanasieff
producer	Albert R. Broccoli Michael G. Wilson
productionCompany	Eon Productions United Artists
publisher	MGM/UA Communications Co. United International Pictures
recordedAt	Florida Mexico
theme	rape and revenge sequel spy