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Casino Royale
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Casino Royale is a 1967 parody film produced by the United Kingdom and the United States. Based on Ian Fleming’s work, the English-language movie features a cast including David Niven, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, and Orson Welles. The film was directed by Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, and Robert Parrish, with Wolf Mankowitz serving as screenwriter. Burt Bacharach composed the score, while Julie Harris designed the costumes. Principal photography took place at Mereworth Castle, Pinewood Studios, Killeen Castle, Dunsany, and Shepperton Studios, with narrative locations set in London, Scotland, and Berlin.
The film has a runtime of 131 minutes and was distributed by Columbia Pictures and Netflix. It was produced by Charles K. Feldman and edited by Bill Lenny. The production had a budget of 12,000,000 and generated revenue of 41,744,718. Release dates vary by source, including April 14, April 18, April 28, May 26, and December 22, 1967. The film holds a TMDb vote average of 5.25 based on 822 votes and an IMDb rating of 5.0 from 34,948 votes.
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Film · TMDB
5.3Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.
Cast
- David Niven as James Bond
- Peter Sellers as Evelyn Tremble
- Ursula Andress as Vesper Lynd
- Orson Welles as Le Chiffre
- Joanna Pettet as Mata Bond
- Daliah Lavi as The Detainer
Themes
- casino
- scotland
- spy
- intelligence
- queen
- stutter
- baccarat
- spoof
- british spy
- psychedelic
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John Huston Ken Hughes Val Guest Robert Parrish Joe McGrath
- Screenplay by
- Wolf Mankowitz John Law Michael Sayers
- Based on
- Casino Royale , by Ian Fleming
- Produced by
- Charles K. Feldman Jerry Bresler
- Cinematography
- Jack Hildyard
- Edited by
- Bill Lenny
- Music by
- Burt Bacharach
- Production company
- Famous Artists Productions
- Distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- Release dates
- 13 April 1967 ( 1967-04-13 ) (London) 28 April 1967 ( 1967-04-28 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 131 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $12 million
- Box office
- $41.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Casino Royale
- Main subject
- gambling
- Director
- Val Guest
- Cast member
- Tracy Reed
- Composer
- Burt Bacharach
- Producer
- Charles K. Feldman
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Nicolas Roeg
- Narrative location
- Berlin
- Duration
- 131
- FilmAffinity ID
- 970640
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 11 more facts
- Commons category
- Casino Royale (1967 film)
- publication date
- 1967-09-08
- film editor
- Bill Lenny
- title
- Casino Royale
- costume designer
- Julie Harris
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Ian Fleming
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 5.0/10
- box office
- 22744718
- capital cost
- 12000000
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Encyclopedic overview
Casino Royale is a 1967 spy parody film originally distributed by Columbia Pictures. It is loosely based on the 1953 novel Casino Royale, the first novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond book series.
The film stars David Niven as the "original" Bond, Sir James Bond 007. Forced out of retirement to investigate the deaths and disappearances of international spies, he soon battles the mysterious Dr. Noah and the ruthless counter-intelligence agency SMERSH, inspired by actual organizations in the USSR. The film's tagline: "Casino Royale is too much... for one James Bond!" refers to Bond's plan to mislead SMERSH in which six other agents are pretending to be "James Bond", namely, baccarat master Evelyn Tremble (Peter Sellers); millionaire spy Vesper Lynd (Ursula Andress); Bond's secretary Miss Moneypenny (Barbara Bouchet); Bond's daughter with Mata Hari, Mata Bond (Joanna Pettet); and British agents Cooper (Terence Cooper) and the Detainer (Daliah Lavi).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Casino Royale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.