What type of film is Licence to Kill?

Licence to Kill is classified as both an action film and a spy film.

Who produced and distributed Licence to Kill?

The film was produced by Eon Productions, a British production company known for the James Bond series, and distributed by the American company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

When was Licence to Kill released?

The film was released in 1989, with specific publication dates recorded as July 14, July 7, and August 10 of that year.

Licence to Kill

1989 film by John Glen

Movie Film Q309086

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Instance of: film
Director: John Glen^[1]
Genre: action film, spy film^[6]^[7]
Publication date: July 14, 1989, July 7, 1989, August 10, 1989, 1989^[41]^[42]^[43]^[44]
Follows: The Living Daylights^[9]
Followed by: GoldenEye^[10]
Screenwriter: Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson^[2]^[3]
Based on: James Bond^[8]
Producer: Albert R. Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson^[25]^[26]
Part of the series: James Bond, Eon James Bond series^[27]^[28]
Duration: +133
Aspect ratio (W:H): 2.35:1
Assessment: Bechdel test
Box office: +156167015, +34667015
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
Capital cost: +40000000
Cast member: Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto, Caroline Bliss, Robert Brown, Desmond Llewelyn, David Hedison, Wayne Newton, Everett McGill, Benicio del Toro, Frank McRae, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Anthony Zerbe, Christopher Neame, Claudio Brook, Don Stroud, Grand L. Bush, Jorge Russek, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Rafer Johnson, Priscilla Barnes, Branscombe Richmond, Jeff Moldovan, Michael G. Wilson^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
Characters: James Bond^[45]
Color: color^[37]
Composer: Michael Kamen, Walter Afanasieff^[4]^[5]
Country of origin: United Kingdom, Mexico, United States^[38]^[39]^[40]
Derivative work: 007: Licence to Kill
Director of photography: Alec Mills^[31]
Distributed by: InterCom, Netflix^[46]^[47]

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Distribution format: video on demand^[33]
EIRIN film rating: G
FSK film rating: FSK 16
Film editor: John Grover^[55]
Filming location: Florida, Mexico^[50]^[51]
Filmiroda rating: Category III
Kijkwijzer rating: 12
MPA film rating: PG-13
Main subject: revenge, Drug Enforcement Administration^[52]^[53]
Media franchise: James Bond
Medierådet rating: Prohibited for children under 16
Narrative location: Florida, Republic of Isthmus^[48]^[49]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[32]
Production company: Eon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer^[29]^[30]
Production designer: Peter Lamont
RARS rating: 12+
Review score: 6.3/10, 79%, 58/100^[34]^[35]^[36]
Theme music: Licence to Kill^[54]
Title: Licence to Kill

🏷️ Also known as

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VIAF cluster ID: 177865485
ACMI ID: works/93874
AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 58171
AdoroCinema film ID: 4947
AllMovie title ID: v120020
Allcinema film ID: 14189
AlloCiné film ID: 4947
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.2id0upoef2pnyh8b9taztlcam
BFI National Archive work ID: 150345996
Bechdel Test Movie List ID: 4364
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): licensetokill
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 1339

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CineMagia title ID: 591
Cinema.de ID: 1296277
Cineplex Germany film ID: 21736
Ciné-Ressources film ID: 31702
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 2604
Comic Vine ID: 4025-509
DNF film ID: 6800
Decine21 film ID: 7498
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 1996
Douban film ID: 1292754
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 410, 21940
EDb film ID: t0004819
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/2BE4-5F0B-7F5D-0851-C3BD-A
Eiga.com movie ID: 46192
ElCinema film ID: 2047841
ElFilm film ID: 97409
Elonet movie ID: 127464
Exploitation mark number: 70889
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme): MMV1D3A4D4B3DC8DCE6E03C4518C33B0DA35
Fandom article ID: jamesbond:Licence_to_Kill_(film)
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/james-bond-007-lizenz-zum-toeten
Film.ru film ID: licenziya-na-ubiystvo
FilmAffinity film ID: 813197
FilmTv.it movie ID: 7922
FilmVandaag ID: film/710
Filmfront film ID (archived): 757
Filmovamista.cz film ID: 4229
Filmová databáze film ID: 13566
Filmow ID: t30
Filmstarts title ID: 4947
Filmweb.no film ID: 26524
Filmweb.pl ID: Licencja.Na.Zabijanie
Freebase ID: /m/029v40
Google Play Movies & TV ID: Lxm87DcDuVQ
IMCDB work ID: 97742
IMDb ID: tt0097742
IMFDB ID: Licence_to_Kill
ISAN: 0000-0000-D3F2-0000-J-0000-0000-H
ITunes movie ID: 561645071, 563851722
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film/007-vendettaprivata
KINENOTE film ID: 12057
Kinobaza film ID: licence-to-kill
Kinobox film ID: 16777
Kinomania.ru film ID (archived): 92805
Kinopoisk film ID: 5970
LUMIERE film ID: 13617
LdiF ID: 17267
Letterboxd film ID: licence-to-kill
MPA certificate number: 29739
MUBI film numeric ID: 12133
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 28291
Mediafilm ID (archived): mf-tt-1046153141
Metacritic ID: movie/licence-to-kill
Movie Review Query Engine ID: licence-to-kill-m100043241
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv11983
MovieLens movie ID: 2990
MovieMeter film ID: 1809
Moviepilot.de film ID: lizenz-zum-toeten
Movieplayer film ID: 15268
NRK TV ID: program/KOIF40004704
Netflix ID: 697663
OFDb film ID: 406
OMDb film ID: 709
PORT film ID: 37745
Plex media key: 5d776d18ad5437001f7cd193
Prime Video ID: 0PM0VC8UDRC7HXVR4YZQL21W4C
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/licence_to_kill
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 920
Scope.dk film ID: 1176
Sinemalar title ID: 4576
Sratim ID: tt1300
Swedish Film Database ID: 18778
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 24276
TMDB movie ID: 709
TV Guide show ID (former scheme): 127453
TV.com ID (archived): movies/licence-to-kill
The Numbers movie ID: Licence-to-Kill
TheTVDB movie ID: 822
Topic's main category: Category:Licence to Kill
Trakt.tv ID: movies/licence-to-kill-1989
Trakt.tv film ID: 581
Vikidia article ID: fr:Permis_de_tuer
ČSFD film ID: 14742

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 23

Timothy Dalton, Benicio del Toro, Rafer Johnson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto, Carey Lowell +15 more

Country of origin 3

United States, Mexico, United Kingdom

← Present in work 3

James Bond, Miss Moneypenny, Felix Leiter

Composer 2

Michael Kamen, Walter Afanasieff

Filming location 2

Mexico, Florida

Genre 2

action film, spy film

Main subject 2

revenge, Drug Enforcement Administration

Production company 2

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Eon Productions

Assessment 1

Bechdel test

Based on 1

James Bond

Characters 1

James Bond

Derivative work 1

007: Licence to Kill

Director 1

John Glen

Director of photography 1

Alec Mills

Distributed by 1

Netflix

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Instance of 1

film

Narrative location 1

Florida

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Production designer 1

Peter Lamont

Screenwriter 1

Richard Maibaum

Theme music 1

Licence to Kill

Topic's main category 1

Category:Licence to Kill

← Based on 1

007: Licence to Kill

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Licence to Kill

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[1] ↑ Licence to Kill — director (P57): John Glen. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Licence to Kill — screenwriter (P58): Richard Maibaum. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Licence to Kill — screenwriter (P58): Michael G. Wilson. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Licence to Kill — composer (P86): Michael Kamen. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Licence to Kill — composer (P86): Walter Afanasieff. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Licence to Kill — genre (P136): action film. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Licence to Kill — genre (P136): spy film. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Licence to Kill — based on (P144): James Bond. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Licence to Kill — follows (P155): The Living Daylights. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Licence to Kill — followed by (P156): GoldenEye. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Licence to Kill — cast member (P161): Timothy Dalton. allocine.fr. Retrieved 2016-07-12. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Licence to Kill — cast member (P161): Carey Lowell. allocine.fr. Retrieved 2016-07-12. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Licence to Kill — cast member (P161): Robert Davi. allocine.fr. Retrieved 2016-07-12. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Licence to Kill — cast member (P161): Talisa Soto. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Licence to Kill — cast member (P161): Caroline Bliss. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Licence to Kill — cast member (P161): Robert Brown. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Licence to Kill — cast member (P161): Desmond Llewelyn. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Licence to Kill — cast member (P161): David Hedison. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Licence to Kill — cast member (P161): Wayne Newton. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Licence to Kill — cast member (P161): Everett McGill. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Licence to Kill — cast member (P161): Benicio del Toro. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Licence to Kill — cast member (P161): Frank McRae. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Licence to Kill — cast member (P161): Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Licence to Kill — cast member (P161): Anthony Zerbe. allocine.fr. Retrieved 2016-07-12. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Licence to Kill — producer (P162): Albert R. Broccoli. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Licence to Kill — producer (P162): Michael G. Wilson. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Licence to Kill — part of the series (P179): James Bond. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Licence to Kill — part of the series (P179): Eon James Bond series. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Licence to Kill — production company (P272): Eon Productions. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Licence to Kill — production company (P272): Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Licence to Kill — director of photography (P344): Alec Mills. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Licence to Kill — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Licence to Kill — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Licence to Kill — review score (P444): 6.3/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-05. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Licence to Kill — review score (P444): 79%. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Licence to Kill — review score (P444): 58/100. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Licence to Kill — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Licence to Kill — country of origin (P495): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Licence to Kill — country of origin (P495): Mexico. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Licence to Kill — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Licence to Kill — publication date (P577): July 14, 1989. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2023-07-16. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Licence to Kill — publication date (P577): July 7, 1989. sfi.se. sfi.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Licence to Kill — publication date (P577): August 10, 1989. Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Licence to Kill — publication date (P577): 1989. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ Licence to Kill — characters (P674): James Bond. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ Licence to Kill — distributed by (P750): InterCom. wikidata.org.
[47] ↑ Licence to Kill — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[48] ↑ Licence to Kill — narrative location (P840): Florida. wikidata.org.
[49] ↑ Licence to Kill — narrative location (P840): Republic of Isthmus. wikidata.org.
[50] ↑ Licence to Kill — filming location (P915): Florida. wikidata.org.
[51] ↑ Licence to Kill — filming location (P915): Mexico. wikidata.org.
[52] ↑ Licence to Kill — main subject (P921): revenge. wikidata.org.
[53] ↑ Licence to Kill — main subject (P921): Drug Enforcement Administration. wikidata.org.
[54] ↑ Licence to Kill — theme music (P942): Licence to Kill. wikidata.org.
[55] ↑ Licence to Kill — film editor (P1040): John Grover. wikidata.org.

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