Movies / A View to a Kill (1985)
Runtime: 131 min
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Countries: UK
Roger Moore's last outing as James Bond is evidence enough that it was time to pass the torch to another actor. Beset by crummy action (an out-of-control fire engine?) and featuring a fading Moore still trying to prop up his mannered idea of style, the film is largely interesting for Christopher Walken's quirky performance as a sort-of supervillain who wants to take out California's Silicon Valley. Grace Jones has a spookily interesting presence as a lethal associate of Walken's (and who, in the best Bond tradition, has sex with 007 before trying to kill him later), and Patrick Macnee (Steed!) has a warm if brief bit. Even directed by John Glen, who brought some crackle to the Moore years in the Bond franchise, this is a very slight effort. --Tom Keogh
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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John Glen | ... |
Writers (3) | Credit |
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Ian Fleming | (story "From A View to a Kill") uncredited |
Michael G. Wilson | (screenplay) |
Richard Maibaum | (screenplay) and |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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John Barry | ... |
Editors (1) | Credit |
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Peter Davies | ... |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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Alan Hume | (director of photography) |
Actors (61) | Credit |
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Alison Doody | Jenny Flex |
Anthony Chinn | Taiwanese Tycoon (as Anthony Chin) |
Bill Ackridge | O'Rourke |
Bogdan Kominowski | Klotkoff |
Carole Ashby | Whistling Girl |
Caroline Hallett | The Girls |
Celine Cawley | The Girls (uncredited) |
Christopher Walken | Max Zorin |
Clive Curtis | Salesman at Eiffel Tower (uncredited) |
Daniel Benzali | WG Howe |
David Yip | Chuck Lee |
Deborah Hanna | The Girls (uncredited) |
Derek Lyons | Main Stike Mine Crew (uncredited) |
Desmond Llewelyn | Q / Major Geoffrey Boothroyd |
Dolph Lundgren | Venz |
Dominique Risbourg | Butterfly Act Compere |
Doug Robinson | Thug at Stacey's House (uncredited) |
Elke Ritschel | The Girls |
Fiona Fullerton | Pola Ivanova |
Geoffrey Keen | Sir Frederick Gray |
Gérard Buhr | Auctioneer (as Gérard Bühr) |
Gloria Douse | The Girls |
Grace Jones | May Day |
Helen Clitherow | The Girls (uncredited) |
Jane Spencer | The Girls (uncredited) |
Jean Rougerie | Achille Aubergine |
Joe Flood | U.S. Police Captain |
Karen Loughlin | The Girls (uncredited) |
Kim Ashfield Norton | The Girls (uncredited) |
Kit Hillier | Head Waiter (uncredited) |
Lois Maxwell | Miss Moneypenny |
Lou-Anne Ronchi | The Girls |
Lucien Jérôme | Paris Taxi Driver (as Lucien Jerome) |
Manning Redwood | Bob Conley |
Mary Stavin | Kimberley Jones |
Maud Adams | Woman in Fisherman's Wharf Crowd (uncredited) |
Mayako Torigai | The Girls |
Michael G. Wilson | Man Heard Over Loudspeaker at San Francisco City Hall (voice) (uncredited) |
Nike Clark | The Girls |
Papillon Soo | Pan Ho (as Papillon Soo Soo) |
Patricia Martínez | The Girls (uncredited) |
Patrick Bauchau | Scarpine |
Patrick Macnee | Sir Godfrey Tibbett |
Paula Thomas | The Girls |
Peter Ensor | Tycoon |
Robert Brown | M / Admiral Myles Messervy |
Roger Moore | James Bond |
Roland Malet | Zorin's Auctioneer (uncredited) |
Ron Tarr | Guard #1 |
Seva Novgorodtsev | Helicopter Pilot |
Sian Adey-Jones | The Girls |
Steven Zax | Man in Fisherman's Wharf Crowd (uncredited) |
Suzanne Saunders | KGO 7 Reporter (uncredited) |
Tanya Roberts | Stacey Sutton |
Taylor McAuley | Guard #2 |
Terri Johns | The Girls (uncredited) |
Terry Sach | Mining Guard Searching Truck for Bond (uncredited) |
Tim Condren | Thug at Stacey's House (uncredited) |
Tony Sibbald | Mine Foreman |
Walter Gotell | General Anatol Gogol |
Willoughby Gray | Dr. Carl Mortner / Hans Glaub |