- Title
- Casino Royale
- Release Year
- 1967
- Running Time
- 131 min
- Language
- English
- Categories
- Comedies / 1960s / All-Star / Campy / Essential Cinema / Mad Doctor / Spies / Spoof / Theatrical Release
- Ratings
- IMDb
- 5.2
- Rotten Tomatoes®
- 26%35%
- Metacritic
- Synopsis
- This swinging spoof of Ian Fleming's spy hero features an aging James Bond (David Niven), reluctantly dragged out of retirement to chase down the evil crime clique called SMERSH. In order to confound the forces led by the villainous Le Chiffre (Orson Welles), the Secret Service enlists five other agents, also under the name 'Bond,' and all six converge on the titular casino. Meanwhile, Woody Allen, as the retiring secret agent's nephew, causes havoc at every turn.
The gleefully chaotic product of five directors, numerous screenwriters, and the late 1960s in general, CASINO ROYALE revels in its psychedelic spy satire premise. The comedy features a legion of stars in roles both large and small: Niven, Welles, Allen, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, William Holden, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Deborah Kerr, and many more. (Apparently, Sellers and Welles despised each other, and Sellers would frequently not show up for his scenes.) Amid the wackiness, there are genuine moments of hilarity, making the film a surreal romp through Bond lore and the more eccentric aspects of 1960s pop culture.
- Notes
- Theatrical Release: April 28, 1967
Shot in Technicolor.
The budget for CASINO ROYALE is estimated at around $12 million.
- Poster
- Cast & Crew
- Director
- Val Guest / Ken Hughes / John Huston / Joseph McGrath / Robert Parrish
- Star
- Orson Welles / David Niven / Woody Allen / Ursula Andress / Geoffrey Bayldon / Jean-Paul Belmondo / Barbara Bouchet / Charles Boyer / Terence Cooper / Bernard Cribbins / William Holden / John Huston / Deborah Kerr / Daliah Lavi / Peter O'Toole / Joanna Pettet / George Raft / Peter Sellers
- Screenwriter
- Val Guest / Ben Hecht / Joseph Heller / John Law / Wolf Mankowitz / Michael Sayers / Terry Southern / Billy Wilder
- Source Writer
- Ian Fleming / Author: Ian Fleming
- Composer
- Burt Bacharach
- Producer
- Jerry Bresler / Charles K. Feldman
- Director of Photography
- Jack Hildyard / Nicolas Roeg / John Wilcox
- Editor
- Bill Lenny
- Production Designer
- Ivor Beddoes / Lionel Couch / John Howell
Casino Royale full movie, online
After receiving a license to kill, British Secret Service agent James Bond (Daniel Craig) heads to Madagascar, where he uncovers a link to Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), a man who finances terrorist organizations. Learning that Le Chiffre plans to raise money in a high-stakes poker game, MI6 sends Bond to play against him, gambling that their newest '00' operative will topple the man's organization.
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