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

Contents

Dario, Perez, and Braun

Ed Killifer

Milton Krest

Film biography

Colonel Heller

Truman-Lodge

Professor Joe Butcher

Hector Lopez

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 drug lord Franz Sanchez. Dario was played 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 rape and murder 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 drug factory when Bond caused him to fall from a conveyor belt and into Sanchez's brick-cocaine 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.

Ed Killifer

'Ed Killifer' was a 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 drug 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''. 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 drug shipments on to seaplanes at a distance from his boat, The WaveKrest. He drunkenly attempts to seduce his boss's mistress, Lupe Lamora, despite the brutal murder of her previous lover in the pre-title sequence (it is strongly implied that his heart is removed from his chest, although this happens off-screen).
Krest's behaviour backfires when Lupe pretends she didn't see Bond on his yacht as he was sabotaging a drugs deal by destroying the narcotics in the Sentinel and escaping with US$5 million in cash.
Bond infiltrates Sanchez's inner circle and convinces the drug 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 drug 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 decompression chamber containing the money, increasing the pressure inside the chamber and then tearing the air tubes open with an axe, causing rapid depressurisation and Krest's head to explode in a bloody mess. This scene is regarded as one of the most bloody 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.

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. 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 his meeting of drugs barons and oversees the military operation to destroy their base.
Heller's other main responsibilities 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 Stinger missiles in return for personal immunity from the DEA. Heller almost calls the deal off when Sanchez is nearly killed by Bond but then attempts to use the mayhem of the fire at the drugs distribution centre as an opportunity to remove the missiles to safety.
However, he is caught in the act by Sanchez himself, who promptly has him killed (offscreen). Bond and Pam find his 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, and is always at his employer's side. He is constantly alarmed at Sanchez's recklessness and despairs at the expensive destruction of his cocaine distribution centre at the end of the film. When he sarcastically congratulates Sanchez on "another thirty million dollar write-off" the drug lord shoots him with a machine gun, being sure to remove the briefcase containing the $100 million bearer bonds from his 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 an American televangelist, who has a television fundraising program that acts as a cover for informing Sanchez's main drugs distributors across the country of the latest trade prices and receiving their orders. His remote meditation sanctuary is actually the main processing distribution centre for Sanchez's drug operations.
Butcher's hokey catchphrase "Bless your heart!" provides some light relief on several occasions. He never meets Bond during the film and is last seen fleeing the burning complex as Pam and Bond escape to pursue Sanchez and his convoy of cocaine-filled trucks.

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 father Pedro Armendáriz played Karim Bey in the second Bond film, ''From Russia With Love''.
Hector Lopez is the president of Isthmus. He receives monthly payments from Sanchez for harboring him, but is clearly not happy at the arrangement, as Sanchez essentially controls him. He is one of the few characters to survive making deals with a Bond villain, and even at the end of the film to be in Bond's company, presumably much reformed to clean up corruption in his country now that he is free of Sanchez.