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Director:
John Glen
Writers:
Richard Maibaum (screenplay) and
Michael G. Wilson (screenplay)
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Release Date:
24 May 1985 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller See more »
Tagline:
Adventure Above And Beyond All Other Bonds See more »
Plot:
An investigation of a horse-racing scam leads 007 to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations See more »
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Roger Moore ... James Bond

Christopher Walken ... Max Zorin

Tanya Roberts ... Stacey Sutton

Grace Jones ... May Day

Patrick Macnee ... Sir Godfrey Tibbett

Patrick Bauchau ... Scarpine
David Yip ... Chuck Lee
Fiona Fullerton ... Pola Ivanova
Manning Redwood ... Bob Conley

Alison Doody ... Jenny Flex

Willoughby Gray ... Dr. Carl Mortner

Desmond Llewelyn ... Q

Robert Brown ... M

Lois Maxwell ... Miss Moneypenny

Walter Gotell ... General Gogol
Geoffrey Keen ... Minister of Defence
Jean Rougerie ... Achille Aubergine

Daniel Benzali ... Howe

Bogdan Kominowski ... Klotkoff
Papillon Soo ... Pan Ho (as Papillon Soo Soo)
Mary Stavin ... Kimberley Jones
Dominique Risbourg ... Butterfly Act Compere

Carole Ashby ... Whistling Girl
Anthony Chinn ... Taiwanese Tycoon (as Anthony Chin)
Lucien Jérôme ... Paris Taxi Driver (as Lucien Jerome)

Joe Flood ... U.S. Police Captain

Gérard Buhr ... Auctioneer (as Gérard Bühr)

Dolph Lundgren ... Venz
Tony Sibbald ... Mine Foreman
Bill Ackridge ... O'Rourke
Ron Tarr ... Guard I
Taylor McAuley ... Guard II
Peter Ensor ... Tycoon
Seva Novgorodtsev ... Helicopter Pilot
Sian Adey-Jones ... The Girls
Caroline Hallett ... The Girls
Nike Clark ... The Girls
Paula Thomas ... The Girls
Gloria Douse ... The Girls
Lou-Anne Ronchi ... The Girls
Elke Ritschel ... The Girls
Mayako Torigai ... The Girls
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Maud Adams ... Woman in Fisherman's Wharf Crowd (uncredited)
Celine Cawley ... The Girls (uncredited)
Helen Clitherow ... The Girls (uncredited)
Tim Condren ... Thug at Stacey's House (uncredited)
Clive Curtis ... Salesman at Eiffel Tower (uncredited)
Deborah Hanna ... The Girls (uncredited)
Kit Hillier ... Head Waiter (uncredited)
Terri Johns ... The Girls (uncredited)
Karen Loughlin ... The Girls (uncredited)

Derek Lyons ... Main Stike Mine Crew (uncredited)
Roland Malet ... Zorin's Auctioneer (uncredited)
Patricia Martínez ... The Girls (uncredited)
Kim Ashfield Norton ... The Girls (uncredited)
Doug Robinson ... Thug at Stacey's House (uncredited)
Terry Sach ... Mining Guard Searching Truck for Bond (uncredited)
Suzanne Saunders ... KGO 7 Reporter (uncredited)
Jane Spencer ... The Girls (uncredited)

Michael G. Wilson ... Man Heard Over Loudspeaker at San Francisco City Hall (voice) (uncredited)
Steven Zax ... Man in Fisherman's Wharf Crowd (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Glen 
 
Writing credits
Ian Fleming (story "From A View to a Kill") uncredited

Richard Maibaum (screenplay) and
Michael G. Wilson (screenplay)

Produced by
Albert R. Broccoli .... producer
Tom Pevsner .... associate producer (as Thomas Pevsner)
Michael G. Wilson .... producer
 
Original Music by
John Barry 
 
Cinematography by
Alan Hume (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Peter Davies 
 
Casting by
Debbie McWilliams 
 
Production Design by
Peter Lamont 
 
Art Direction by
John Fenner 
 
Set Decoration by
Crispian Sallis 
 
Costume Design by
Emma Porteus  (as Emma Porteous)
 
Makeup Department
Eric Allwright .... makeup artist
Joan Carpenter .... hair stylist
George Frost .... makeup supervisor
Ramon Gow .... hair styles supervisor
Vera Mitchell .... hair stylist
Bunty Phillips .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Leonhard Gmür .... production manager
Jon Thor Hannesson .... production manager
Philip Kohler .... production manager
Ned Kopp .... production supervisor: San Francisco
Iris Rose .... unit manager
Serge Touboul .... production manager
Anthony Waye .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Bennett .... assistant director: second unit
Willy Bogner .... director: ski sequence
Barbara Broccoli .... additional assistant director
Laurent Brégeat .... additional assistant director (as Laurent Bregeat)
Gerry Gavigan .... assistant director
Simon Haveland .... additional assistant director
Nick Heckstall-Smith .... additional assistant director
Edi Hubschmid .... additional assistant director
Terry Madden .... additional assistant director
Serge Ménard .... additional assistant director (as Serge Menard)
Andrew Warren .... additional assistant director
Arthur Wooster .... second unit director
Radu Mihaileanu .... assistant director: stunt unit (uncredited)
Geoffrey Moore .... third assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Ted Ambrose .... assistant art director
Michael Boone .... assistant art director
Jille Brown .... assistant set decorator
Kathrin Brunner .... additional art director (as Katharina Brunner)
John Chisholm .... property master
Ken Court .... additional art director
Roger W. Deer .... sketch artist (as Roger Deer)
Serge Douy .... additional art director
Armin Ganz .... additional art director
Michael Lamont .... additional art director
Jim Morahan .... assistant art director (as James Morahan)
Maciek Piotrowski .... sketch artist
Ron Quelch .... production buyer
Michael Redding .... construction manager
Ernest Smith .... scenic artist
Jacqueline Stears .... scenic artist
Alan Tomkins .... additional art director
Alan Cheevers .... plasterer: stand-by on titles (uncredited)
Michel Conche .... on-set propman (uncredited)
Paul Duff .... carpenter (uncredited)
Barry Gibbs .... props (uncredited)
Gavin Gordon .... carpenter (uncredited)
Mark Harris .... art department model maker (uncredited)
Dale Haugo .... local lead scenic artist (uncredited)
Brian Muir .... sculptor (uncredited)
Steve Payne .... props stand-by: second unit (uncredited)
Graeme Purdy .... standby propman (uncredited)
Anne Seibel .... assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Bob Sherwood .... stand-by prop (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Derek Ball .... sound recordist
Bill Barringer .... assistant dubbing editor
Stan Fiferman .... dubbing editor (as Stanley Fiferman)
Nigel Galt .... dubbing editor
Graham V. Hartstone .... sound re-recording mixer (as Graham Hartstone)
John Hayward .... sound re-recording mixer
Jack T. Knight .... dubbing editor (as Jack Knight)
Jean-Pierre Lelong .... sound effects
Colin Miller .... sound editor
Ken Nightingall .... boom operator
Andrew Glen .... assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Nicolas Le Messurier .... sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Patrick Moriarty .... sound effects: action unit (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Lawrence J. Cavanaugh .... special effects (as Larry Cavanaugh)
John Morris .... special effects
Ken Morris .... special effects
Willi Neuner .... special effects (as Willy Neuner)
John Richardson .... special effects supervisor
André Trielli .... special effects
Joss Williams .... special effects
Chris Corbould .... special effects technician (uncredited)
Neil Corbould .... special effects technician (uncredited)
Michael Dawson .... special effects assistant (uncredited)
Nick Finlayson .... special effects technician (uncredited)
David Harris .... special effects foreman (uncredited)
R. Bruce Steinheimer .... special effects technician (uncredited)
Andy Williams .... special effects technician (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Leslie Dear .... model photographer
Roy Moores .... front projection
Charles Staffell .... front projection
Alan Church .... optical camera (uncredited)
Julian Parry .... model unit (uncredited)
 
Stunts
M. James Arnett .... stunt team supervisor (as Jim Arnett)
Pat Banta .... stunt team
Robert Blasco .... stunt driver
Christian Bonnichon .... stunt driver
Jean-Claude Bonnichon .... stunt driver
Claude Carliez .... stunt team supervisor
Tracey Eddon .... stunt team
Elaine Ford .... stunt team
Martin Grace .... action sequence arranger
Jean-Claude Houbart .... stunt driver
Dominique Julienne .... stunt driver
Michel Julienne .... stunt driver
Rémy Julienne .... driving stunts arranger (as Remy Julienne)
Jean-Claude Lagniez .... stunt driver
Doug Robinson .... stunt team
Michael Runyard .... stunt team (as Mike Runyard)
Bob Simmons .... stunt team supervisor
Bill Weston .... stunt team
Jason White .... stunt team
Marc Wolff .... stunt pilot
B.J. Worth .... parachute stunt: Eiffel Tower jump
Gillian Aldam .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Del Baker .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Dickey Beer .... stunt coordinator snow ski unit (uncredited)
David Brandon .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Terry Cade .... stunts (uncredited)
Helen Caldwell .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Don 'Tweet' Caltvedt .... stunts (uncredited)
Dennis Camsey .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Jack Carpenter .... stunts (uncredited)
Tim Condren .... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Cooper .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Jean Coulter .... stunt double (uncredited)
Gerry Crampton .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Simon Crane .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Graeme Crowther .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Clive Curtis .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Peter Diamond .... stunts (uncredited)
John Eaves .... ski stunt double: Roger Moore (uncredited)
Eddie Eddon .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Stuart Fell .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Terry Forrestal .... stunts (uncredited)
Tex Fuller .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Martin Grace .... ski stunt double: Roger Moore (uncredited)
Martin Grace .... stunt double: Roger Moore, Golden Gate (uncredited)
Richard Graydon .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Fred Haggerty .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Reg Harding .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Michael Haynes .... ski stunt double: Roger Moore (uncredited)
Paul Heasman .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Tom Hegarty .... additional stunts (uncredited)
Frank Henson .... stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Hice .... stunts (uncredited)
Nick Hobbs .... stunts (uncredited)
Jazzer Jeyes .... stunts (uncredited)
Rémy Julienne .... stunt double driver: Roger Moore (uncredited)
Jean-Claude Lagniez .... stunt double driver: Roger Moore (uncredited)
George Leech .... stunt double: Willoughby Gray (uncredited)
George Leech .... stunts (uncredited)
Steven Lincoln .... mono ski stunt double: Roger Moore (uncredited)
Jimmy Lodge .... stunts (uncredited)
Mario Luraschi .... horse stunts (uncredited)
Mark McBride .... stunts (uncredited)
Bronco McLoughlin .... stunts (uncredited)
Wayne Michaels .... stunts (uncredited)
Lex Milloy .... stunts (uncredited)
Valentino Musetti .... stunts (uncredited)
Patrick Médioni .... stunts (uncredited)
François Nadal .... horse stunts (uncredited)
Mike Potter .... stunts (uncredited)
Dinny Powell .... stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Powell .... stunts (uncredited)
Greg Powell .... stunts (uncredited)
Joe Powell .... stunt arranger (uncredited)
Nosher Powell .... stunts (uncredited)
Karen Price .... stunt double: Tanya Roberts, Golden Gate (uncredited)
Thomas Sims .... ski stunt double: Roger Moore (uncredited)
Tony Smart .... stunts (uncredited)
Stuart St. Paul .... stunts (uncredited)
Trevor Steedman .... stunts (uncredited)
Roy Street .... stunts (uncredited)
Malcolm Weaver .... stunts (uncredited)
Chris Webb .... stunts (uncredited)
Bill Weston .... stunt double: Christopher Walken (uncredited)
Dick Ziker .... stunt double: Roger Moore (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Allwork .... aerial camera operator
Kenneth Atherfold .... camera grip (as Ken Atherfold)
Willy Bogner .... photographer: ski sequence
David L. Butler .... aerial camera operator (as David Butler)
Jan d'Alquen .... additional photographer
Mike Evans .... focus puller (as Michael Evans)
Mike Frift .... camera operator (as Michael Frift)
Keith Hamshere .... still photographer
Robert Hillmann .... camera operator: second unit
Simon Hume .... focus puller
Colin Manning .... camera grip
Douglas Milsome .... aerial camera operator (as Doug Milsome)
John Tythe .... electrical supervisor
Malcolm Vinson .... camera operator: second unit
George Whitear .... still photographer
Arthur Wooster .... photographer: second unit
Egil S. Woxholt .... additional photographer (as Egil Woxholt)
John Glen .... clapper loader: pre-shot scenes of San Francisco (uncredited)
Mark Hanlon .... electrician (uncredited)
Alan Hume .... camera operator: pre-shot scenes of San Francisco (uncredited)
Thomas Laughridge .... camera operator: additional unit (uncredited)
Bill Pelkey .... best boy electric: second unit (uncredited)
Nigel Seal .... second assistant camera (uncredited)
Anthony Waye .... focus puller: pre-shot scenes of San Francisco (uncredited)
 
Casting Department
Janet Hirshenson .... casting: USA
Jane Jenkins .... casting: USA
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Azzedine Alaïa .... additional wardrobe: Grace Jones (as Azzedine Alaïa)
Tiny Nicholls .... costume supervisor
Renate Wienert .... wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
John Nuth .... assistant editor
Henry Richardson .... additional editor
John S. Smith .... additional editor
Mark Mostyn .... assistant editor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
John Barry .... conductor
Alan Killick .... music editor
Dick Lewzey .... music mixer
Monty Norman .... composer: James Bond theme
Nic Raine .... orchestrator (as Nicholas Raine)
Sidney Margo .... music contractor (uncredited)
 
Transportation Department
Billy G. Arter .... transportation coordinator
Michael W. Broomer .... driver (uncredited)
Arnaud Esterez .... transportation (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Agust Baldursson .... location manager
Tina Banta .... contact: USA
Reginald A. Barkshire .... production controller
Nicholas T. Bennett .... pilot: Skyship 500
Steph Benseman .... location manager
Maurice Binder .... title designer: main titles
Willy Bogner .... director: ski sequence
Mauricette Boissard .... location accountant (as Mauricette Boisard)
Brian Bowes .... horse team
Joanna Brown .... production secretary
Joe Brown .... snow team
May Capsaski .... production coordinator (as May Capsaskis)
Daphne Carr .... continuity: second unit
Jennifer Collen-Smith .... publicity assistant
Hazel Crombie .... location accountant
Ira Curtis-Coleman .... computer effects (as Ira Curtis Coleman)
Penny Daniels .... continuity: second unit
Nick Daubeny .... location manager
Christian de Lagarde .... horse team
Jean-Marc Deschamps .... location manager
John Eaves .... snow team
Rory Enke .... location manager
Tony Escritt .... advisor: Iceland
Anthony Fairbairn .... horse team
Nathalie Farjon .... production coordinator
Andrea Florineth .... snow team
Geoff Freeman .... unit publicist
Norma Garment .... production coordinator
Jerry Grayson .... pilot
Sally Hayman .... production coordinator
Richard Holley .... pilot (as Rick Holley)
Charles Juroe .... marketing director
Janine King .... production secretary
Christl Kirchner .... location accountant
Robert Liechti .... pilot
Steven Link .... snow team
Mario Luraschi .... horse team
Jane Meagher .... location accountant
Maureen Murphy .... production coordinator
François Nadal .... horse team
Douglas Noakes .... production accountant
June Randall .... continuity
Marcel Riou .... horse team
Peter Rohe .... snow team
Thomas Sims .... snow team
Doris Spriggs .... assistant: Mr. Moore
Mary Stellar .... contact: USA
Charles A. Tamburro .... aerial coordinator
Charles A. Tamburro .... pilot (as Chuck Tamburro)
Olivier Victor-Thomas .... horse team
Marc Wolff .... pilot
Stefan Zürcher .... location manager
Cathryn Blum .... key location assistant (uncredited)
Thomas 'Doc' Boguski .... production assistant (uncredited)
Don 'Tweet' Caltvedt .... skydiver backup (uncredited)
Jean-Louis Monthieux .... location manager (uncredited)
Michael Turk .... iceberg minisub constructor (uncredited)
 
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Also Known As:
"The Beautiful Prey" - Japan (English title)
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Parents Guide:
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Runtime:
131 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1985) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Germany:12 (re-release) (uncut) | West Germany:12 (cut) (video premiere) | Iceland:10 (original rating) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | UK:PG (cut) | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Portugal:M/12 | UK:12 (uncut version)
Filming Locations:
2201 Broadway, Oakland, California, USASee more »
Company:
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Did You Know?

Trivia:
The 1962 silver Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II seen in the film was actually owned by producer Albert R. Broccoli, who lent it to the production. Its license plate number in the film was 354 HYK. A duplicate model without an engine is used when Zorin and May Day push it into the lake.See more »
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The police captain's patrol car is hit by a taxi at a major intersection during the fire truck chase, and five other vehicles swerve to avoid a collision. All come from three directions at once with no signs of yielding to each other, and thus would have crashed or swerved anyway, had the pursuit not blasted through the intersection to stop them.See more »
Quotes:
[first lines]
Kimberley Jones:I thought you'd never get back.
James Bond:Well, there was a heck of a crowd on the piste!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Chuck: Chuck Versus the Sandworm (#1.6)" (2007)See more »
Soundtrack:
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FAQ

Are there really four fault lines running under San Francisco and the Silicon Valley?
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12 out of 19 people found the following review useful.
The "New Coke" of James Bond films, 24 November 2000
Author: bob quigley (baseat@aol.com) from Indiana, USA

Despite the lousy treatment that this movie has received on this site, I think that this is easily one of the best of the Roger Moore 007 films and ranks among my all-time favorite Bond films. It's entertaining, the story is fresh and creative, and the characters are well-cast. Firstly, Roger Moore, who was 57 at the time, was NOT too old to play 007 in this film. Can we really define "too old" when actors that are in their 50's such as Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Sylvester Stallone regularly star in action films today. If Indiana Jones 4 and Terminator 3 both came out tomorrow, most of us would rush to buy tickets, thinking little about the fact that Ford and Schwarzenegger might be "a little old". I think that Christopher Walken played an excellent villain. His character, Max Zorin has it all: creepiness, unpredictability, and an appetite for death and conquest. Some people are shocked about the segment in the mine scene when Zorin takes out a bunch of his workers with an Uzi. To those people I say, "Hello! Max Zorin was psychotic! This scene was an excellent demonstration of his sick mind. Had you been paying attention to the movie you'd know that!" The bottom line is that the cast is great and the story makes perfect sense(more than I can say for The Living Daylights, which is somehow rated higher on this site). In light of this, I don't see how anyone could hold it with such contempt. In a way, A View to a Kill is like the New Coke which was introduced around the same time. It's formula, while deviating from the original, offered a far superior taste. Despite the excellent taste, it was still shunned by the public and fans of the original Coca-Cola, much like this movie is shunned by James Bond fans.

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