Allies
Felix Leiter – John Terry
Felix Leiter appears only briefly in this film. He meets Bond when Ava and Lix escort 007 to him and they discuss Whitaker and Koskov and how the two may be working together. Later in the film, Leiter guides Bond through the outside of Whitaker’s villa.
Kamran Shah – Art Malik
Kamran Shah is the leader of the rebellious Mujahadeen group, those who are opposing the Soviets in their land. They are hard-edged and are fighting a battle where the odds seem to never be stacked in their favor. Bond first sees Shah in a jail base and tosses him the keys when he runs off with Kara.
For saving his life, Shah helps Bond on his quest. He leads a grand battle into the Afghan air base against Koskov and his men. Shah and many of his men survive, showing up to the concert at the end of the film, weapons and all, apologizing for their tardiness to Kara.
Memorable lines:
“I’m sorry we were late. We had some trouble at the airport.”
General Leonid Pushkin – John Rhys-Davies
General Pushkin is the replacement of Gogol in the KGB. He is framed early on to be the real enemy by Koskov, ordering the murder of 004 in the pre-credits. Bond is sent on his mission to track down Pushkin, but he has his doubts about it all.
Bond corners Pushkin in a hotel room and they speak about trusting Koskov. Together they set up a fake assassination of Pushkin, which Koskov takes as the real thing, proving the innocence of Pushkin.
He shows up later in the film at Whitaker’s villa to kill a guard who was just about to fire on Bond. He also cheerfully decides the fate of Koskov.
Memorable lines:
“It is a question of trust. Who do you believe? Koskov, or me?”
Saunders – Thomas Wheatley
Saunders is the professional, strict, by the book head of section who meets James Bond at the opera on their mission to protect Koskov early on in the film. He believes in the complete following of orders and becomes very angered when he sees that Bond has intentionally fired on the gun of the sniper, not the sniper herself.
Later in the film he meets Bond and gives him some information about Whitaker and the cello that Kara had earlier mentioned, breaking some rules in the process. He is then brutally murdered as he walks away from Bond by Necros.
Sir Frederick Gray-Minister of Defense – Geoffrey Keen
Sir Frederick Gray, who is first present in The Spy Who Loved Me, would often sit in on the briefings between James Bond and M. He is a high ranking Englishman who seems to always be concerned with the antics of James Bond and how it looks upon others. He is devastated when he shows up in a gas mask to Hugo Drax in Moonraker.
In Octopussy, he arranges for the precious jewels to be returned to General Gogol and then speaks with M about the disastrous attack on the MI6 safe-house in The Living Daylights.
Films: The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill, The Living Daylights.
Memorable lines:
“My God! What’s Bond doing?”
“I’ve never been so humiliated in my entire life! Your man should be taken off the assignment.”
General Alexis/Anatol Gogol – Walter Gotell
General Gogol is the KGB head of section and the opposite of M. He is often seen with his lovely secretary and takes an interest in several of the cases that James Bond works on as well. In The Spy Who Loved Me, he sends out Anya Amasova to locate the tracking device.
He works against James Bond in For Your Eyes Only when he tries to get the precious ATAC first. Bond throws it over the cliff, humorously alluding to détente between the two of them. In The Living Daylights, he arranges for Kara Milovy to travel as she wishes.
Villians
Georgi Koskov – Jeroen Krabbe
General Georgi Koskov is one of the two main villains in The Living Daylights. He is often in a very joyous mood, and not usually expressing his sinister side. Koskov is initially thought to be working with MI6, be he is then found out to be their main enemy, working against them, fooling a great many people.
He meets and speaks with James Bond several times in the film, their encounters both friendly and unfriendly. Koskov also tries to set up Pushkin as a villain, but Bond figures otherwise. He also is able to pull the wool over his girlfriend’s, Kara, eyes.
Koskov is finally captured at the end of the film by Bond and Pushkin, not before trying to fool Pushkin right in front of Bond.
Brad Whitaker – Joe Don Baker
Brad Whitaker is the other main villain in this film. Tough-talking, he is an American arms dealer who was expelled from West Point Academy for allegedly cheating. He now makes many of his profits through arms deals, which he is known for. His deals are ended with Pushkin, when Pushkin starts to suspect some foul play of him.
Whitaker plays with the soldiers he has from history’s famous battles and also works with Koskov on their dastardly plan. They plan to buy a large amount of opium to be sold, netting them a huge profit, and still providing the arms.
He battles Bond in a battle that destroys nearly everything in his soldier room; Whitaker is finally killed, thanks to Bond’s key-ring.
Memorable lines:
“You’ve had your eight, now have my eighty!”
“That's too bad, Bond. You could've been a live rich man, instead of a poor dead one.”
Necros – Andrea Wisniewski
Necros is the henchman who works for the KGB, as well as personally for Koskov and Whitaker. He is a deadly cold-blooded assassin who launches an attack on the MI6 safe-house. Using exploding milk bottles and strangling his enemies with his CD headset, he causes mayhem and chaos.
Later on in the film, he nearly kills Pushkin, before Bond does in the set-up. Necros and Bond battle while aboard the plane, both of them hanging onto the net of opium as it falls out of the back of the plane.
Hanging onto Bond’s shoe, he falls to his death when Bond cuts the laces off.
Imposter – Carl Rigg
This imposter 00-agent is seen in the pre-credits sequence, causing a great deal of trouble at Gibraltar. He uses real bullets on his enemies, when all the others are using paintballs.
He kills 004 and then is chased down by James Bond. A wild ride then ensues, with the imposter driving his car off a cliff as Bond escapes with the help of his parachute.
Girls
Linda – Kell Tyler
Linda is seen in the pre-credits vacationing on her boat. Speaking to Margo on the phone, she is bored with the place, claiming there are no real men around. At that moment, Bond drops in and she beckons him to join her for a glass of wine.
Memorable lines:
“If only I could find a real man…”
“Won’t you join me?”
Kara Milovy – Maryam d’Abo
Kara Milovy is a beautiful cellist and the girlfriend of Georgi Koskov. Bond first sees her as the sniper who appears to be out to kill Koskov. Bond, being the agent he is, fires at her gun to scare her, so he doesn’t have to kill a pretty girl.
Bond later finds out more about her and she does about him as well, when Koskov is revealed to be the villain working against both of them. Surviving the plane ordeal together, Bond is reunited with her after her magnificent concert with the very cello Bond and she had used to escape in earlier in the film.
Memorable lines:
“Oh James.”
Liz & Ava – Catherine Rabbett & Dulice Liecier
These two girls drive up next to Bond when he is trying to escape from the Pushkin ordeal. Taking him for a ride, they keep him in their sights with a gun on him.
They are revealed to be working on his side, when they later escort him to Felix Leiter.
Memorable lines:
“You looking for a party?”
Gadgets
Walther PPK – (Dr. No – Tomorrow Never Dies)
The Walther PPK is first issued to James Bond in Dr. No by Major Boothroyd, when his Beretta is taken away. It delivers shots like a brick through a plate-glass window and has excellent stopping power. It has saved the life of James Bond on many of his missions and has been used to stop several of his main adversaries.
Bond has lost the PPK on numerous missions, always getting a new replacement from Q Branch. Professor Dent is the first unlucky victim of the powerful handgun in the famous scene in Dr. No.
The Walther PPK is 7.65mm and carries six rounds.
Ghetto Blaster –
This gadget is demonstrated at the Q Branch lab. A large portable radio that when triggering a small switch on the side panel, can fire a large explosive rocket into a target up ahead.
It is never used by Bond in the field.
Sofa –
This gadget too is never used by Bond, nor does it leave the Q Branch headquarters.
It appears to be a normal sofa, but when a technician goes to sit down, it revolves around him, flipping his body completely under the cushions into a storage place below that is out of sight.
Key Ring Stun Gas –
By whistling a few bars of ‘Rule Britannia’, a stun gas would emit from this small key ring finder. According to Q, the gas would disorient any normal enemy for roughly 30 seconds.
Bond uses this gadget when fighting against the jailer at the airbase in Afghanistan. This allows him the chance to fight back while the man momentarily is disabled.
Key Ring Explosive –
Another feature packed into this key ring is its explosive. By whistling the (appropriate for 007) wolf whistle, it would trigger a large detonation from the key ring.
When battling against Brad Whitaker in the finale, Bond attaches the key ring to a statue nearby and whistles at precisely the correct moment to take out the enemy.
Key Ring Lock-Pick –
The key ring also has a safe lock-picking set which could be used to open roughly 90% of the world’s locks, according to Q.
Quotes
Linda: It's all so boring here, Margo, there’s nothing but playboys and tennis pros.
Linda: If only I could find a real man.
James Bond: I need to use your phone.
James Bond: She'll call you back.
Linda: You are who?
James Bond: Bond, James Bond.
James Bond: Exercise Control, 007 here. I'll report in an hour.
Linda: Won't you join me?
James Bond: Better make that two.
Saunders: You're bloody late. This is a mission, not a fancy dress ball.
James Bond: Whoever she was, I must have scared the living daylights out of her.
Q: Something we're making for the Americans. It's called a Ghetto Blaster.
James Bond: Why didn't you learn the violin?
Leonid Pushkin: You are professional. You do not kill without reason.
James Bond: Two of our men are dead. Koskov has named you.
Leonid Pushkin: It is a question of trust. Who do you believe? Koskov, or me?
James Bond: If I trusted Koskov we wouldn't be talking. As long as you're alive, we'll never know what he's up to.
Leonid Pushkin: Then I must die.
James Bond: We have a saying too Georgi and you're full of it.
Kara Milovy: You were wonderful. We're free.
James Bond: Kara, we're inside a Russian airbase in the middle of Afghanistan.
Kara Milovy: At least we're together.
Brad Whitaker: That's too bad, Bond. You could've been a live rich man, instead of a poor dead one.
Brad Whitaker: You've had your eight, now have my eighty.
Last Updated - 02/13/2005