Casino Royale
Columbia Pictures (1966)
Comedy
In Collection
#2455
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Seen ItYes
027616880208
IMDB   5.2
2 hr 30 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Peter Sellers Evelyn Tremble
Ursula Andress Vesper Lynd
David Niven Sir James Bond
Orson Welles Le Chiffre
Woody Allen Jimmy Bond/Dr. Noah
Joanna Pettet Mata Bond
Daliah Lavi The Detainer (007)
William Holden Ransome
Charles Boyer Le Grand
John Huston McTarry
Deborah Kerr Agent Mimi/Lady Fiona McTarry
Director
Val Guest
Ken Hughes
John Huston
Don Medford
Producer Jerry Bresler
Charles K. Feldman
John Dark
Writer Wolf Makowitz
John Law
Ian Fleming
Wolf Mankowitz
Cinematography Jack Hildyard
Musician Burt Bacharach


Retired after years of international espionage, Agent 007 is lured back into action to battle the evil spy organization SMERSH in this notoriously incoherent parody of the James Bond films. David Niven portrays the aging Bond, who atypically rejects the advances of a variety of women, and agrees to battle SMERSH's hold on the lavish Casino Royale only after organization head M is murdered. Also mixed up in the affair are several other secret agents, all named James Bond, played by everyone from Peter Sellers and Woody Allen to a chimpanzee. Despite a star-studded cast, large production budget, and hit score by Burt Bacharach , the film was universally panned as a muddled, overlong failure, with the occasional amusing sequence lost in the unintelligible surroundings. The participation of several screenwriters and five different directors, including John Huston , only adds to the confusion. — Judd Blaise
Edition Details
Distributor MGM (Video & DVD)
Chapters 24
Release Date 2002
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English; French; Portuguese; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Making-Of Featurette Hosted by Val Guest
Original "Casino Royale" Made-For-TV Movie
Original Theatrical Trailer