Casino Royale

John Huston (1967)

125min

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by Andrew Collins

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 recruits 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.

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Cast & Crew

Sir James Bond David Niven

Evelyn Tremble Peter Sellers

Vesper Lynd Ursula Andress

Le Chiffre Orson Welles

Mata Bond Joanna Pettet

The Detainer Daliah Lavi

Jimmy Bond / Dr Noah Woody Allen

Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry Deborah Kerr

Ransome William Holden (2)

Le Grand Charles Boyer

McTarry / M John Huston

French legionnaire Jean-Paul Belmondo

George Raft George Raft

Moneypenny Barbara Bouchet

Scotch piper Peter O'Toole

"Q" Geoffrey Bayldon

"Q"'s assistant John Wells

British army officer Richard Wattis

Polo Ronnie Corbett

Taxi driver Bernard Cribbins

Miss Goodthighs Jacqueline Bisset

Hadley Derek Nimmo

Buttercup Angela Scoular

Director John Huston

Director Ken Hughes

Director Val Guest

Director Robert Parrish

Director Joseph McGrath

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Language: EnglishColourTheatrical distributor: Columbia Picture Corp. LtdGuidance: Violence.Available on: video, DVD and Blu-ray

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