Licence to Kill is a 1989 spy film an the 16th installment in the James Bond series, and the last to star Timothy Dalton as MI6 agent James Bond. Licence to Kill was the first official James Bond film to use a title not derived from either an Ian Fleming novel or a short story. It is, however, essentially a new adaptation of Fleming's novel Live and Let Die, carefully avoiding the few character names and elements that had already been used, and with material also taken from the author's short story The Hildebrand Rarity. It has been noted that there are also some plot similarities to Fleming's novel The Man with the Golden Gun. The film revolves around Bond's dismissal from MI6 and his vendetta against a South American drug baron. The title refers to Bond's discretionary licence to kill which allows him to kill without prior approval in order to complete his mission. The film was originally due to be called Licence Revoked.