---
title: 'Licence to Kill (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Glen'
released: '1989-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 133
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Mexico'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/licence-to-kill-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097742/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Licence to Kill (1989)

1989 · PG-13 · 133 min · Action, Thriller · United Kingdom, Mexico, United States

Part of: Eon James Bond series

## Synopsis

Licence to Kill is a 1989 spy film, the sixteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the second and final film to star Timothy Dalton as the MI6 agent James Bond. In the film, Bond resigns from MI6 in order to take revenge against the drug lord Franz Sanchez who ordered an attack against Bond's friend and CIA agent Felix Leiter and the murder of Felix's wife after their wedding.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Michael G. Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-g-wilson), [Richard Maibaum](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-maibaum)
- **Producer:** [Michael G. Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-g-wilson), [Albert R. Broccoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-r-broccoli)
- **Director:** [John Glen](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-glen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Kamen](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-kamen), [Walter Afanasieff](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-afanasieff)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alec Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-mills)
- **Editor:** [John Grover](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-grover)

## Cast

- [Timothy Dalton](https://cinepixo.com/people/timothy-dalton) as James Bond
- [Robert Davi](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-davi) as Franz Sanchez
- [Anthony Zerbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-zerbe) as Milton Krest
- [Pedro Armendáriz Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-armendariz-jr)
- [Frank McRae](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-mcrae)
- [Christopher Neame](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-neame)
- [Desmond Llewelyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/desmond-llewelyn) as Q
- [Branscombe Richmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/branscombe-richmond)
- [Rafer Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/rafer-johnson)
- [Michael G. Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-g-wilson)
- [Carey Lowell](https://cinepixo.com/people/carey-lowell) as Pam Bouvier
- [Claudio Brook](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudio-brook)
- [Priscilla Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/priscilla-barnes) as Della Leiter
- [Don Stroud](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-stroud)
- [Robert Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-brown) as M

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