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Jul 14, 2025

Pete

Mr. Eighties

Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: July 14, 1989 – Licence to Kill Premiered in Theaters.

On this day July 14, 1989, Licence to Kill premiered in theaters. Directed by John Glen and starring Timothy Dalton as James Bond, the sixteenth film in the iconic spy franchise took a darker and more personal turn. It also featured Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, and a young Benicio del Toro in one of his earliest roles.

The film followed Bond as he went rogue from MI6 after his close friend Felix Leiter is...

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