James Bond THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS movie clip - Bond escapes a Hercules - Plot synopsis: On this day in 1986, Timothy Dalton signed his contract to play James Bond for the first time in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS. In this scene Bond and Kara (Maryam d’Abo) make their escape from the Hercules plane (which was lent to production by the Royal Moroccan Air Force).