The Living Daylights
Seen it?1987 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Sunday Safe BetWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
People are still talking about it and it made about 5 times its budget. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 2 hr 10 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG: scary moments. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
73% on Rotten Tomatoes, 59 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.6 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerStrong
$191 million worldwide on a $40 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactVery strong
About 450K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by John Glen
- Timothy DaltonJames Bond
- Maryam D'AboKara Milovy
- Joe Don BakerBrad Whitaker
- Art MalikKamran Shah
- John Rhys-DaviesGeneral Leonid Pushkin
- Jeroen KrabbéGeneral Georgi Koskov
- Andreas WisniewskiNecros
- Thomas WheatleySaunders
- Desmond LlewelynQ
- Robert BrownM