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Licensed to Kill is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Lindsay Shonteff released in USA on 17 november 1965 with Tom Adams
Licensed to Kill (1965)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 17 november 1965
Length 1h36
Directed by Lindsay Shonteff
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Spy films
Rating57%
Licensed to Kill is an Eastmancolor 1965 superspy imitation James Bond film starring Tom Adams as British secret agent Charles Vine. It was directed and co-written by Lindsay Shonteff. Producer Joseph E. Levine picked it up for American and worldwide distribution and reedited it under the title The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World.
The theme song for the American version, composed by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen and performed by Sammy Davis, Jr., is used in the 2011 film drama Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Synopsis
Facing numerous assassination attempts, a Swedish scientist who has invented an anti-gravity device and his daughter seek to provide the invention to the United Kingdom. With James Bond unavailable, H.M. Government provides Agent Charles Vine (Tom Adams), a former mathematician, as a bodyguard and exterminator.Actors
Tom Adams
(Charles Vine)
Karel Štěpánek
(Henrik Jacobsen)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Veronica Hurst
(Julia Lindberg)
Peter C. Bull
(Masterman)
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