Licence to Kill

Licence to Kill (1989) is the sixteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the second and last to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Licence to Kill is the first, original (non-Fleming) title, that adapts the Live and Let Die story with elements from the short story The Hildebrand Rarity, concerning agent 007's resignation from MI6 to pursue revenge against Franz Sánchez, a Latin American drugs baron. The title refers to Bond's discretionary licence to kill; originally, the title was Licence Revoked.

Given screenwriter Richard Maibaum had died, and internecine lawsuits over ownership of the film series, this was the last film for six years, the series' longest interval, and the last film by producer Albert R. Broccoli.

Cast

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  Timothy Dalton as James Bond: An MI6 agent, has his Double-O status revoked.
  
• Robert Davi as Franz Sanchez: The most powerful drug lord in Latin America, mentioned as having been wanted by the DEA for years.
  
• Carey Lowell as Pam Bouvier: An ex-Army pilot and CIA informant.
  
• Talisa Soto as Lupe Lamora: Sanchez's girlfriend.
  
• Benicio del Toro as Dario: One of Sanchez's henchmen. Del Toro was aged just 21 when he made the film.
  
• Anthony Zerbe as Milton Krest: Sanchez's henchman who operates Wavekrest Marine Research.
  
• Frank McRae as Sharkey: Friend of Felix Leiter and owns a boat charter business.
  
• Everett McGill as Ed Killifer: A corrupt DEA official, working for Sanchez.
  
• Wayne Newton as Professor Joe Butcher: Sanchez's middleman and TV evangelist for Olimpatec Meditation Institute.
  
• Anthony Starke as Truman-Lodge: Sanchez's financial advisor.
  
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q: Supplies Bond with various gadgets and helps him on the field.
  
• David Hedison as Felix Leiter: Former CIA agent, now with DEA.
  
• Priscilla Barnes as Della Churchill: Felix Leiter's bride.
  
• Robert Brown as M: Head of MI6, revokes Bond of his Double-O licence.
  
• Caroline Bliss as Miss Moneypenny: M's personal secretary.
  
• Don Stroud as Colonel Heller: Sanchez's head of security.
  
• Grand L. Bush as Hawkins: DEA Agent and Bond ally who opposes against Bond's vendetta.
  
• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Kwang: A ruthless Hong Kong Narcotics agent sent to infiltrate Sanchez's heart of operations.
  
• Christopher Neame as Fallon: A corrupt MI6 agent sent by M to arrest Bond, dead or alive.
  
• Diana Lee Hsu as Loti: A female Hong Kong Narcotics agent working with Kwang.