The budget escalated as various directors and writers became involved in the production, and actors expressed dissatisfaction with the project.Ĭasino Royale was released on 13 April 1967, two months prior to Eon's fifth Bond movie, You Only Live Twice. Believing that he could not compete with the Eon series, Feldman resolved to produce the film as a satire. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, failed to come to terms. Feldman, the producer, had acquired the film rights in 1960 and had attempted to get Casino Royale made as an Eon Productions Bond film however, Feldman and the producers of the Eon series, Albert R.

for one James Bond!' refers to Bond's ruse 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 Coop ( Terence Cooper) and The Detainer ( Daliah Lavi).Ĭharles K. The film's tagline: 'Casino Royale is too much. Forced out of retirement to investigate the deaths and disappearances of international spies, he soon battles the mysterious Dr.

The film stars David Niven as the 'original' Bond, Sir James Bond 007. It is loosely based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, the first novel to feature the character James Bond. Casino Royale is a 1967 spy parody film originally distributed by Columbia Pictures featuring an ensemble cast.

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