Name: The Living Daylights
Genre: Adventure, Action, Thriller
Released: 1987-06-29
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 6.5

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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.

Theatrical

Jun 29, 1987

Box Office

$191.2M

Budget

$40.0M

Return

4.8x

DVD / Blu-ray

Oct 17, 2000

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Director

John Glen

Writers

Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum

Producers

Albert R. Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson, Tom Pevsner

Music

John Barry

Studio

EON Productions, United Artists

Themes

london, england arms smuggling prison england assassination spy falsely accused secret identity country estate arms deal drug trafficking secret mission secret intelligence service kgb villain renegade special car tangier morocco big wheel cello orchestra freedom fighter czechoslovakia bratislava, slovakia afghanistan airplane schloss schönbrunn escape vienna, austria moscow, russia james bond appreciative

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Licensed to Thrill as a Motto

Taglines Licensed to thrill.

Living on the Edge of Danger

Taglines Enigmatic. Dangerous... Always living on the edge.

James Bond 007's Most Dangerous Mission

Taglines James Bond 007 at his most dangerous in The Living Daylights

Living on the Edge of Existence

Taglines Living on the edge. It's the only way he lives.

The James Bond Collection is a legendary spy film series based on Ian Fleming’s novels, following MI6 agent 007, James Bond, as he takes on global threats with style, gadgets, and charm. Produced by E...

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