A View to a Kill

A View to a Kill
Theatrical release poster by Dan Gouzee
Directed by	John Glen
Screenplay by	Richard Maibaum Michael G. Wilson
Based on	James Bond by Ian Fleming
Produced by	Albert R. Broccoli Michael G. Wilson
Starring	Roger Moore Tanya Roberts Grace Jones Patrick Macnee Christopher Walken
Cinematography	Alan Hume
Edited by	Peter Davies
Music by	John Barry
Production companies	Eon Productions United Artists
Distributed by	MGM/UA Entertainment Co. (United States) United International Pictures (International)
Release dates	22 May 1985 (1985-05-22) (San Francisco, premiere) 24 May 1985 (1985-05-24) (United States) 13 June 1985 (1985-06-13) (United Kingdom)
Running time	131 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom[1] United States[2]
Language	English
Budget	$30 million[3]
Box office	$152.4 million

A View to a Kill is a 1985 spy film, the fourteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the seventh and final appearance of Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adapted from Ian Fleming's 1960 short story "From a View to a Kill", the film has an entirely original screenplay. In A View to a Kill, Bond is pitted against Max Zorin (played by Christopher Walken), who plans to destroy California's Silicon Valley.

The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, who also wrote the screenplay with Richard Maibaum. It was the third James Bond film to be directed by John Glen, and the last to feature Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny.

Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, who frequently took umbrage with the effects of Moore's advanced age on his performance, and being disliked by Moore himself, it was a commercial success, with the Duran Duran theme song "A View to a Kill" performing well in the charts, becoming the only Bond theme song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best Song.