A View to a Kill

1985 film by John Glen
Movie film Q332368
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Summary

A View to a Kill is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,798 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: John Glen[3]
  • Screenwriter: Richard Maibaum[4], Michael G. Wilson[5], Ian Fleming[6]
  • Composer: John Barry[7]
  • Genre: action film[8], thriller film[9], spy film[10], adventure film[11]
  • Based on: From a View to a Kill[12]
  • Follows: Octopussy[13]
  • Cast member: Roger Moore[14], Tanya Roberts[15], Grace Jones[16], Patrick Macnee[17], Christopher Walken[18], Patrick Bauchau[19], Fiona Fullerton[20], Dolph Lundgren[21], Desmond Llewelyn[22], Robert Brown[23], Alison Doody[24], Lois Maxwell[25], Mary Stävin[26], Geoffrey Keen[27]
  • Producer: Albert R. Broccoli[28], Michael G. Wilson[29]
  • Part of the series: James Bond[30], Eon James Bond series[31]
  • Production company: Eon Productions[32], Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[33]
  • Director of photography: Alan Hume[34]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[35], French[36], Russian[37]
  • Commons category: A View to a Kill (film)[38]
  • Soundtrack release: A View to a Kill – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[39], A View to a Kill[40]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[41]
  • Review score: 4.9/10[42], 40/100[43], 36%[44]
  • Color: color[45]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[46], United States[47]
  • Publication date: May 24, 1985[48], July 12, 1985[49], August 8, 1985[50], 1985[51]
  • Distributed by: InterCom[52], Netflix[53]
  • Narrative location: London[54], San Francisco[55], Paris[56], Siberia[57], Ascot[58], Château de Chantilly[59], California[60]
  • Official website: http://www.mgm.com/results/view%20to%20a%20kill#/our-titles/2101/A-View-to-a-Kill[61]

Why It Matters

A View to a Kill has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [63] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · ערן · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → Octopussy
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 90264
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  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 19226
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  4. 8w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikisimpsons article id → 101880
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wikisimpsons article id: 101880, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296166808|A View to a Kill (#296166808)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8109|Wikisimpson"
  5. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 27721
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  6. 14w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14567 → SID0046214
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  7. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 2376
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  8. 23w ago · Mullanur · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.mgm.com/results/view%20to%20a%20kill#/our-titles/
    Theme music → A View to a Kill
    Composer → John Barry
    Fsk film rating → FSK 12
    + 46 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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