<P> Licence to Kill is a 1989 British 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 rape and 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 . </P>
<P> Licence to Kill is a 1989 British 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 rape and 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 . </P>
who played james bond in licence to kill
who played james bond in licence to kill
Timothy Dalton
Timothy Dalton