PICKETT’S CHARGE

Contributed by: The James Bond Movie Encyclopedia by Steven Jay Rubin

Confederate assault during the Battle of Gettysburg that arms dealer Brad Whitaker (Joe Don Baker) has incorrectly plotted on his diorama in The Living Daylights. Bond (Timothy Dalton), who has returned to Whitaker’s home in Tangier to kill him, points out that Pickett’s Charge took place up Cemetery Ridge, not Little Round Top as Whitaker has it. Whitaker retorts that he’s fighting the battle the way he wants.

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