Fresh
Peter Sellers has some amusing gags as the gambler, the chance of dressing up in various guises and a neat near-seduction scene with Ursula Andress.
Variety Staff, Variety
Casino Royale
Casino Royale is too much for one James Bond!
1967 · 2h 11m · Approved
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Directed by
Val Guest
,
Ken Hughes
,
John Huston
,
Joseph McGrath
,
Robert Parrish
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Casino Royale
Overview
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.
Director and cast
- Val Guest Director
- Ken Hughes Director
- John Huston Director
- Joseph McGrath Director
- Robert Parrish Director
- Peter Sellers as Evelyn Tremble
- Ursula Andress as Vesper Lynd
- David Niven as James Bond
- Orson Welles as Le Chiffre
- Joanna Pettet as Mata Bond
- Daliah Lavi as The Detainer
- Woody Allen as Jimmy Bond
- Deborah Kerr as Agent Mimi
- William Holden as Ransome
- Charles Boyer as Le Grand
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
26%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Out of five directors -- only McGrath manages to connect with this brontosaurian James Bond parody.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
The few good aspects of this farce are vastly outweighed by the bad.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
Even less amusing than the more 'serious' Bond films.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
It's the sort of reckless, disconnected nonsense that could be telescoped or stopped at any point.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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