Movies of the James Bond series have always captivated the viewers with their fast paced storyline, popular star casts and exciting action scenes. The special effects and the style quotient of the stars make the films of James Bond series quite popular with the audience. The Living Daylights is the 15th film of the series. Released in the year 1987, The Living Daylights was a huge hit at the box office.
About the film: The Living Daylights
The title of the film has been taken from that of the short story 'The Living Daylights'. The short story was actually penned by Ian Fleming. In this film James Bond acts as a counter sniper. He has been given the responsibility of protecting a deserted Soviet national. Bond comes to know of the fact from Georgi Koskov that the chief of the KGB is on the venture of killing secret agents of the Western world. Georgi Koskov is apparently abducted by the Soviets. Bond begins his search band to succeed in his mission, he travels across Europe. He also has to travel to Afghanistan and even Morocco in search of Georgi Koskov.
Cast of The Living Daylights
In The Living Daylights, Timothy Dalton features as James Bond. The role played by Timothy Dalton got huge appreciation from the audience. Jeroen Krabbe played the role of General Georgi Koskov. Georgi Koskov is in fact the general who states that KGB planned the assassination of the secret agents. Maryam d A'bo portrayed the role of Kara Milivoy. She is the girlfriend of Koskov. In the later part of the movie, Bond provides protection to Kara Milivoy from her own friends as they get wary of her conduct. Robert Brown features as M and Desmond Llewelyn as Q. Joe Don Baker was cast as Brad Whitaker, who is an American general involved in the activity of smuggling weapons. Art Malik enacted the role of a Mujahideen leader, Kamran Shah.
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Production of The Living Daylights
John Glen was the director of this popular Bond movie. The screenplay of The Living Daylights has been done by Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum. This popular film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. Alec Mills was the film's cinematographer. The Living Daylights has a running duration of about 2 hour and 10 minutes. The Living Daylights has been made with a budget of around $ 40,000,000. It made a worldwide gross of about $ 191,200,000.
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