The Living Daylights (1987)
Directed by John Glen
After a training exercise on Gibraltar turns deadly, Bond helps a Soviet general defect from Bratislava, then follows a cellist and an arms-dealing plot through Vienna and Tangier to a Soviet air base in Afghanistan.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Rock of Gibraltar≈ 00:01:00GibraltarStated on screen
A 00-section exercise on the Rock is sabotaged by a real killer, and Bond chases him down the cliff roads.
- 2Concert hall≈ 00:12:00Bratislava, SlovakiaStated on screen
Bond covers Koskov's defection during a concert and deliberately misses the cellist sniper.
- 3Blayden safe house≈ 00:22:00Stated on screenFictional
Koskov is debriefed at an MI6 country house and then snatched back by an assassin disguised as a milkman.
- 4Kara's flat and border run≈ 00:36:00Bratislava, SlovakiaInferred
Bond finds Kara and escapes with her across the frozen border, sledding in her cello case.
- 5Prater and hotel≈ 00:53:00Vienna, AustriaStated on screen
Bond and Kara see the sights, including the Prater wheel, while Saunders is murdered nearby.
- 6Tangier, Morocco≈ 01:04:00Stated on screen
Bond stages Pushkin's assassination, and Kara, deceived by Koskov, drugs Bond.
- 7Soviet air base≈ 01:21:00AfghanistanStated on screen
- 8Whitaker's estate≈ 01:58:00Tangier, MoroccoInferred
- 9Kara's concert≈ 02:05:00Vienna, AustriaInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 29,011 km
- Places
- 6
- Countries
- 6
- Stops
- 9
- Not shown: 21,052 km
- Plane: 7,905 km
- Car: 55 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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