

The Living Daylights
The new James Bond...living on the edge.
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $40M
- Box office
- $191.2M
- Language
- English
- prison
- london, england
- assassination
- airplane
- escape
- arms smuggling
- england
- secret mission
- arms deal
- spy
- falsely accused
- big wheel
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United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG29 Jun 1987
- PhysicalPGDVD17 Oct 2000
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG29 Jun 1987
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG21 Mar 1988
BrazilBR
- Theatrical124 Oct 1987
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical713 Aug 1987
FranceFR
- Theatrical1216 Sept 1987
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1213 Aug 1987
GreeceGR
- Theatrical16 Sept 1987
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG3 Jul 1987
ItalyIT
- Theatrical19 Sept 1987
JapanJP
- TheatricalG12 Dec 1987
MexicoMX
- TheatricalA25 Dec 1987
Frequently asked questions
The Living Daylights was released on 29 June 1987.
Audience reviews
6- W6/10
Wuchak
9/5/2018
_**Solid Bond film with Timothy Dalton taking over as 007**_ "The Living Daylights" was the first of two James Bond films featuring Timothy Dalton as 007. It's a solid Bond flick, but rarely cited when the best films of the franchise are discussed. The "problem" isn't Dalton because he makes a fine James Bond and was what the series needed in 1987 (when the film was released). Although the Roger Moore era (1973-…
- J8/10
JPV852
4/19/2020
Great entry into the series and wonderful debut for Dalton who was charming, and for me far and away better than any of Roger Moore's movies (though found some of his to be entertaining enough). Not all that fond of this theme song but still catchy enough I suppose. Also features some great aerial stuntwork. **3.75/5**
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
7/29/2022
So Roger Moore has handed the baton of Ian Fleming's "007" to Timothy Dalton and this first outing is not at all bad. The story is, perhaps, not the best but this is still an action packed adventure with loads of pyrotechnics and daft gadgets that really does move along swiftly for over two hours. "Bond" is assigned to aid would-be defector "Gen. Koskov" (Jeroen Krabbé) from Berlin, along the way encountering the let…
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/11/2023
I don't understand all the hate on Dalton as 007, I actually thought he was a decent Bond, I thought he brought back some of the cold blooded assassin that personified the first of the Connery Era films. And I think he was a much needed change of pace away from Moore's silliness. However, I think some of the hate comes from the change of pace away from the silliness. You get used to things and a lot of people g…
- D8/10
drystyx
4/18/2023
The last of the very good 007 films. The last of the fun 007 films for sure. Here, Bond is supposed to stop an assassination of a Russian VIP defecting to the West, but Bond senses something, and instead of killing the assassin (a shapely female violinist), he shoots the weapon from her hand. Something is amiss about the defector, and it's obvious to the viewer, though perhaps not obvious to someone who is in the …
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