Licence to Kill

:This article is about the James Bond film. For the concept in real situations, see licence to kill (concept).

Trivia

• The story of Felix Leiter's shark attack was originally in the book Live and Let Die, although in the book Leiter in addition to losing a leg, loses an arm. The tactic Sanchez uses for smuggling drugs into the United States also comes from Live and Let Die.
• The film was due to be shown on ITV in the UK on March 13, 1996, but was cancelled after the Dunblane Massacre occurred that day.
• James Bond is never shown in the film wearing a necktie, although he does wear a bow tie for a brief period.
• The film featured a real, identifiable brand of cigarettes during one key sequence, which led to the studio requiring the addition of the United States Surgeon General warning regarding cigarette smoking to the closing credits. Smoking occurs in many Bond films, however this is the only film which featured the warning. The cigarette manufacturer in question paid a fee to have its brand featured, which sparked debate over the appropriateness of product placement in motion pictures.