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Casino Royale (1967)
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It is perhaps wise not to think of this unwieldy spy caper as a James Bond movie at all. Though nominally based on Ian Fleming's first 007 novel (originally dramatised in a 1954 TV show starring Barry Nelson and remade in 2006 with Daniel Craig), it is in actual fact an Austin Powers-type spoof, in which David Niven's retired Bond rounds up assorted 007 agents (among them Ursula Andress and Peter Sellers) to avenge the death of “M” (John Huston). A surfeit of screenwriters (eight, including Billy Wilder) and directors (five, including Huston) lends the whole a chaotic, disjointed air, but there is much fun to be had along the way. In the all-star cast, Orson Welles plays villain Le Chiffre and Woody Allen appears as James's neurotic nephew, Jimmy. AC
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Running time
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138min
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Country of origin
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UK
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Genre
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Spy Spoof
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Wolf Mankowitz, John Law, Michael Sayers (with uncredited contributions from Billy Wilder, Val Guest, Joseph Heller, Ben Hecht, Terry Southern), from the novel by Ian Fleming
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Theatrical distributor
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Columbia Picture Corp. Ltd
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UK cinema certificate
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U
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