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.
Acting
Dalton's simmering intensity finally gives Bond psychology.
Score
A-ha title track plus Mozart cello duet = unhinged brilliance.
Stunts
The Aston Martin sled ride down a mountain on a cello case.
Director
John Glen
Timothy Dalton
James Bond
Maryam D'Abo
Kara Milovy
Joe Don Baker
Brad Whitaker
Art Malik
Kamran Shah
John Rhys-Davies
General Leonid Pushkin
Jeroen Krabbé
General Georgi Koskov
Andreas Wisniewski
Necros
Thomas Wheatley
Saunders
Desmond Llewelyn
Q
Robert Brown
M
Geoffrey Keen
Minister of Defence
Walter Gotell
General Anatol Gogol
Caroline Bliss
Miss Moneypenny
John Terry
Felix Leiter
Virginia Hey
Rubavitch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dalton was offered Bond in 1969 at age 24 but felt too young; he returned 18 years later.
The film's Afghan finale accidentally made Bond allies with fighters who would later become Taliban; the real-life Whitaker arms dealer parallel is uncomfortably prescient.
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