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Maryam D'Abo as Kara Milovy and Timothy Dalton as James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987)

Girl with the cello…

Maryam D'Abo as Kara Milovy and Timothy Dalton as James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987)

Timothy Dalton as James Bond and Maryam D'Abo as Kara Milovy in The Living Daylights (1987)

DUCK! We’ve nothing to declare!

Timothy Dalton as James Bond and Maryam D'Abo as Kara Milovy in The Living Daylights (1987)

Kara Milovy's contact information from her cello case in The Living Daylights (1987)

For a Good Time, Call Kara Milovy

Kara Milovy's contact information from her cello case in The Living Daylights (1987)

Kara Milovy’s contact information from her cello case in The Living Daylights (1987)

Kara Milovy (Maryam D'Abo) would be happy to meet you!

Kara Milovy (Maryam D’Abo) would be happy to meet you!

Kara Milovy (Maryam D'Abo) is impressed by James Bond's (Timothy Dalton) sound system in The Living Daylights (1987) ... (not really)

Rock out to A-ha

Kara Milovy (Maryam D'Abo) is impressed by James Bond's (Timothy Dalton) sound system in The Living Daylights (1987) ... (not really)

Kara Milovy (Maryam D’Abo) is impressed by James Bond’s (Timothy Dalton) sound system in The Living Daylights (1987) … (not really)

James Bond (Timothy Dalton) begrudgingly packs Kara Milovy (Maryam D'Abo)'s cello into his Aston Martin in The Living Daylights (1987)

Why didn’t you learn the violin?

I’ve always loved Bond’s great cello case escape trick from The Living Daylights (1987). Although it would’ve been neat to hear Bond (Timothy Dalton) explain the game plan to Kara Milovy (Maryam d’Abo) in this scene (how did they time it so perfectly with the passing tram?), I overall enjoyed how it was filmed and how we the audience are let in on the ruse.

I particularly enjoy the surveyor’s satisfied face and gentle head nod when he witnesses Bond get into his car, only to have his day ruined when he realizes the “person” in the phone booth is an empty cello case clothed with a hat and coat.

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