13 June 1989 (London)
10 July 1989 (United States)
14 July 1989 (United Kingdom)
Licence to Kill is a 1989 spy film, the sixteenth in the James Bond film series produced by Eon Productions, and the last to star Timothy Dalton in the role of the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is the first one not to use the title of an Ian Fleming story. It is also the fifth and final consecutive Bond film to be directed by John Glen. The story has elements of two Ian Fleming short stories and a novel, interwoven with aspects from Japanese Rōnin tales. The film sees Bond being suspended from MI6 as he pursues drugs lord Franz Sanchez, who has ordered an attack against his CIA friend Felix Leiter and the murder of Felix's wife during their honeymoon. Originally titled Licence Revoked in line with the plot, the name was changed during post-production due to American test audiences associating the term with driving.
Storyline
James Bond adventure in which 007 relinquishes his licence to kill, disobeys his orders and goes on a mission of revenge when his best friend's wife is killed by a drug baron. A beautiful CIA pilot flies him to Sanchez's South American headquarters where, disguised as a hit man, Bond is hired by the villainous drug dealer.
Sound Effects Used
- Benny the Cab Revving
- Benny the Cab Skidding
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 8
- CINESOUND GUNSHOT 01
- Disney - HAPPY BELLS (low-pitched and modified)
- Elektra Records, Car Skid And Crash
- H-B CRASH, CARTOON - HEAVY METAL CAR CRASH WITH WOOD BREAK, AUTO
- Hollywoodedge, Horn Morris 1000 VanH EE064701
- MGM ROAR (Heard in current prints.)
- Pippa Fly By
- SoundDogs, Impact Crash - Metal pact; Metal Scrape & pact-Car Crash
- Sound Ideas, ARCHERY - WHOOSH AND IMPACT, SPORTS 06
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - BIG CAR CRASH
- Sound Ideas, FALL, BODY - BODY FALL ON FLOOR, HUMAN 02
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - MACHINE GUN RICOCHETS, BULLET 01
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RIFLE - SEVERAL SHOTS, WITH RICOCHET
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 06
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 07
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - LONG SHELL SCREAM RICCO
- WB CARTOON, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE POWER DIVE SCREAM, LONG