Timothy Dalton · 1989

Licence to Kill

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Bond goes rogue for revenge

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Quick recap

Bond and Felix Leiter capture drug lord Franz Sanchez on the way to Felix's wedding. Sanchez buys his way out, and his men murder Felix's bride, Della, and feed Felix to a shark. Bond wants revenge. M refuses and revokes his licence to kill, and Bond goes rogue. He travels to the Republic of Isthmus, worms his way into Sanchez's circle posing as a hired gun, and gets help from pilot Pam Bouvier and from Q, who shows up "on leave." Bit by bit, Bond turns Sanchez against his own men. The scheme: cocaine dissolved in gasoline, sold with help from televangelist Joe Butcher. In the tanker truck chase, Bond sets Sanchez on fire with the lighter Felix and Della gave him.

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Hidden details

Behind the scenesIt was Licence Revoked
The original title was Licence Revoked, changed because American test audiences thought of driver's licenses. It was the first Bond film not named after a Fleming story.
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ReferenceThe shark came from the book
The shark attack on Felix Leiter and the note "He disagreed with something that ate him" come from Fleming's novel Live and Let Die, which the 1973 film left out.
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CameoA very young Benicio del Toro
Henchman Dario is Benicio del Toro, 21, in one of his first film roles. Singer Wayne Newton plays televangelist Joe Butcher.
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