List of James Bond henchmen in Licence to Kill

A list of henchmen from the 1989 James BOND film License to Kill from the List of James Bond henchmen

Dario, Perez, and Braun

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Dario, Perez, and Braun are fictional characters who Appear in the James Bond film Licence to Kill. They are henchmen of [...] lord Franz Sanchez. Dario was played by Benicio del Toro, Perez by Alejandro Bracho and Braun by Guy De Saint Cyr.

Of the three, Dario was Sanchez's favorite and he often employed a large knife with which to kill his employer's enemies. Perez was intelligent and often served as an advisor for Sanchez, while Braun was silent and had a scar down one side of his face. The three were responsible for the [...] and [...] of Felix Leiter's wife Della. As such they were high on Bond's list of Sanchez's gang to kill. Dario met a grisly end in Sanchez's [...] factory when Bond caused him to fall from a conveyor belt and into Sanchez's brick-[...] pulverizer (Bond says, "switch that bloody machine off!", a double-entendre), while Perez and Braun died when, during the film's climactic tanker truck chase, Bond caused their pickup truck to drive off a cliff in flames.

Ed Killifer

Ed Killifer was a rogue DEA official in the film Licence to Kill, played by 6 ft 5 inch actor Everett McGill.

Killifer was in charge of watching over Franz Sanchez while the [...] kingpin was being transported from the Bahamas to Quantico. Killifer turned traitor, helping Sanchez escape from the authorities in exchange for US$2 million in cash. As a result, Killifer was indirectly responsible for the maiming of his "friend" Felix Leiter, and the death of Della Leiter. Sanchez's underlings did not trust Killifer, but Sanchez defended him saying he was not returning to his native country until he Delivered Ed Killifer his promised cash; he explains that trust is more important to him than money.

Killifer later cornered James Bond at Milton Krest's marine biology facility, holding him at gunpoint and planning to feed him to the very same shark that had mauled Leiter.

Fortunately for Bond, his ally Sharkey arrived at a crucial moment, allowing 007 to gain the upper hand. After a brief tussle, Killifer ended up dangling over the pool where the shark was kept. He attempted to bargain for his life with Bond, offering them half of the two million dollar bribe money he had obtained from Sanchez. Bond then showed him the same mercy Felix Leiter had received, throwing the case at him and sending him tumbling into the shark pool, where he was promptly devoured.

Milton Krest

Milton Krest is a fictional character from the James Bond short story The Hildebrand Rarity, part of the For Your Eyes Only collection. The character was later adapted as a henchman in the 1989 Bond film, Licence to Kill, with his wife-beating tendencies (with a stingray-tail whip) transferred to the film's main villain. He was portrayed by Anthony Zerbe.

Film biography

The owner of a marine research foundation, Milton Krest is a business partner and collaborator with Franz Sanchez. He uses a laboratory of supposedly genetically engineered maggots to conceal drugs, and his submarine remote probe, Sentinel, is used to pass the [...] shipments on to seaplanes at a distance from the coast and his boat, The WaveKrest. He drunkenly attempts to seduce his boss' mistress, Lupe Lamora, despite the brutal [...] of her previous lover, Alverez, in the pre-title sequence (it is strongly implied that the man's heart is removed from his chest by Dario as a "little valentine", though this happens off-screen). Krest's behaviour backfires when Lupe pretends she didn't see Bond on board as he was sabotaging the latest drugs deal by destroying the narcotics in the Sentinel and escaping with US$5 million in cash. This leaves Krest looking guilty in Sanchez's eyes.

Bond infiltrates Sanchez's inner circle and convinces the [...] baron that Krest is trying to have him killed, using a hitman who is expecting to be paid in cash that evening. Bond then sneaks aboard the WaveKrest and stashes the remaining cash from the [...] deal back aboard the boat, in time for Sanchez to find it and presume that this is the hitman's payoff. Sanchez kills Krest by forcing him into the WaveKrest's decompression chamber containing the money, increasing the pressure inside the chamber and then tearing the air tube open with an axe, causing rapid depressurisation – Krest's head explodes in a bloody mess. This scene is regarded as one of the most violent in any Bond film and was censored upon release in UK and North American cinemas; the Ultimate DVD Collection released in 2006 is the first time the full death sequence has been available for purchase. Krest is the first of many henchmen to be killed by his boss due to Bond's machinations, rather than directly by Bond himself.

Colonel Heller

Colonel Heller is a fictional character from the James Bond film Licence to Kill, he was played by Don Stroud

Heller is Sanchez's head of security, a disgraced ex-Green Beret from the US. When Sanchez takes Bond into his circle of allies, Heller researches Bond's past employment in the Secret Service and presents it to Sanchez, but since Bond's cover story has already included mention of this, his true allegiance is not revealed. Heller is also suspicious of the Hong Kong Narcotics agents who have infiltrated the meeting of [...] barons, and oversees the military operation to destroy their base in Isthmus.

Heller's other main responsibility is to look after four Stinger missiles recently purchased from the Contras for the purpose of blackmailing the US government. However, he has secretly arranged a deal with Pam Bouvier to return the Stingers in exchange for personal immunity from the DEA. Heller almost calls off the deal when Sanchez is nearly killed (by Bond), but later attempts to use the mayhem of the fire at the drugs distribution centre as an opportunity to remove the missiles to safety.

Bond's machinations involve casting doubt on the loyalty of all of Sanchez's trusted circle, and he uses what he knows of the Stingers to make Sanchez suspicious. Heller is thus caught in the act by Sanchez himself, who promptly has him killed (offscreen). Bond and Pam find the soldier's body impaled on a forklift truck as they attempt to escape the burning complex.

Truman-Lodge

Truman-Lodge is a fictional character from the James Bond film Licence to Kill, he was played by Anthony Starke.

Truman-Lodge is Franz Sanchez's financial advisor, a fugitive from the United States following insider dealing on Wall Street. A wizard with digits in all senses, he displays considerable skill at prestidigitation while recalculating the [...] lord's vast ill-gotten income. He is always at his employer's side and becomes increasingly more alarmed at Sanchez's recklessness, despairing at the expensive destruction of the [...] distribution centre at the end of the film. When he sarcastically congratulates Sanchez on "another eighty million dollar write-off" the [...] lord – made suspicious by Bond's machinations – decides to start "[...] overhead" and shoots him with a machine gun, being sure to remove the briefcase containing the $100 million bearer bonds from Truman-Lodge's dead hands before leaving his body at the side of the road.

Professor Joe Butcher

Professor Joe Butcher is a fictional character from the James Bond film Licence to Kill, he was played by Wayne Newton.

Professor Joe Butcher is a televangelist based in Isthmus, who has a television fundraising programme that acts as a cover for informing Sanchez's main drugs distributors across the United States of the latest trade prices, and receiving their orders. His remote meditation sanctuary is actually the main processing distribution centre for Sanchez's [...] operations.

Butcher's hokey 'Cone Power' mysticism and catchphrase, "Bless your heart!", provides some light relief on several occasions. He never meets Bond during the film but is got the better of by Pam Bouvier, when he tries to force himself upon her when she is posing as an awestruck convert to his ministry. He is last seen fleeing the burning complex as Pam and Bond escape to pursue Sanchez and his convoy of [...]-filled trucks. He was inspired as a parody of two contemporary controversial televangelists, Jerry Falwell and Tammy Faye Bakker.

Hector Lopez

President Hector Lopez is a fictional character from the James Bond film Licence to Kill who was played by Pedro Armendariz Jr., whose late father Pedro Armendáriz had played Kerim Bey in the second Bond film, From Russia With Love.

Hector Lopez is corrupt El Presidente of Isthmus. He receives monthly payments from Sanchez for harbouring him, but is clearly not happy at the arrangement, as Sanchez essentially controls the country and threatens him: "Remember – you are only President for life." Lopez is one of the few characters to survive making deals with a Bond villain, and is even at the end of the film in Bond's company, presumably much reformed and pledged to clean up corruption in his country now that he is free of Sanchez. He is left possibly even dating Lupe Lamora, as Bond suggests when he rejects her advances himself in favour of Pan Bouvier.