The Living Daylights (1987)

MI6
Moneypenny
Moneypenny
Played by Caroline Bliss
Bliss succeeds Lois Maxwell as M’s secretary Moneypenny and carries over the character’s signature charm, wit, flirtations and sarcasms in The Living Daylights.

 

M
M
Played by Robert Brown
M directs his 00 agents on a training exercise in Gibraltar at the beginning of The Living Daylights, and debriefs Koskov after his defection to the West.

 

Saunders
Saunders
Played by Thomas Wheatley
Saunders is MI6’s head of Section V in Vienna and Bond’s contact in The Living Daylights. He assists Bond in Bratislava and Wien until his murder at the hands of Necros.

 

Q
Q
Played by Desmond Llewelyn
Q helps Bond search MI6’s database for a female KGB assassin fitting the girl with the cello’s description, with no luck. He of course also equips 007 with a few gadgets that come particularly in handy.

 

Frederick Gray
Frederick Gray
Played by Geoffrey Keen
The Minister of Defense sits in on the debriefing of the defector Georgi Koskov. After hearing the important information, he and M agree to adjourn to London and consult with higher authorities.

 

Allies
Felix Leiter
Felix Leiter
Played by John Terry
John Terry played Bond’s friend from the CIA The Living Daylights, this time in a more stand-off-ish role.

 

Girls
Kara Milovy
Kara Milovy
Played by Maryam D’Abo
Celebrated cellist Kara Milovy is set up by her boyfriend, General Georgi Koskov, as a sniper to make his defection look real. Kara is saved by 007’s instincts and eventually falls for Bond on the search for Koskov.

 

Henchmen
Necros
Necros
Played by Andreas Wisniewski
Necros serves as a Soviet assassin working for Brad Whitaker for aid to his arms dealing. Necros undertakes a number of guises in his attempts to eliminate British agents, most memorable of which is the milkman with the explosive bottles.

 

Villains
Brad Whitaker
Brad Whitaker
Played by Joe Don Baker
Whitaker is an illegal arms dealer whose fascination with war and failure in the military brings him to use other means to set up his own comradeship-in-arms. Whitaker attempts to use Soviet money to buy opium at the same time as using 007 to kill the suspicious Russian head of secret operations.

 

Georgi Koskov
Georgi Koskov
Played by Jeroen Krabbe
Koskov is a clowning KGB mastermind who sets up his girlfriend as a sniper in The Living Daylights to make his bogus defection look real. Koskov cooperates with American Brad Whitaker who’s plans include trading firearms to heroin with an Afghan freedom fighters clan.

 

Animals
Barbary Apes
Barbary Apes
These furry guys give 007 a scare during the ill-fated double-oh training exercise in Gibraltar. They also avoid a careening truck as Bond pursues a double agent.

 

Macaw Parrot
Macaw Parrot
This pet bird is caught in the crossfire at Koskov’s hideaway when Necros “The Milkman” attacks. Found in the kitchen (maybe it’s a chef’s pet?), he may not have survived Koskov’s kidnapping given all of the explosions.