M - Robert Brown

Fittingly, Robert Brown's last appearance as M is his most effective. The sequence in which he orders Bond to resign because he refuses to stop his pursuit of Sanchez has some of the tension of the Sean Connery/Bernard Lee sequences. Although the scene is rather implausible when examined in detail. Why are intelligence agencies using a major tourist attraction - the Hemingway House in Florida - as a base of operations? Why would M post conspicuous guards with machine guns in full view of the public when there are no dangerous criminals anywhere in the vicinity? Nevertheless, M's performance with Bond is refreshing and Brown delivers his best performance in his swan song as Bond's crusty superior.

Other Allies in Licence To Kill

Q

Felix Leiter

Sharkey

Della Leiter

Miss Moneypenny

Kwang