Believing that he could not compete with the Eon series, Feldman resolved to produce the film as a satire. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, failed to come to terms. Feldman, the producer, had acquired the film rights in 1960 and had attempted to get Casino Royale made as an Eon Productions Bond film however, Feldman and the producers of the Eon series, Albert R.

for one James Bond!' refers to Bond's ruse to mislead SMERSH in which six other agents are pretending to be 'James Bond', namely, baccarat master Evelyn Tremble ( Peter Sellers) millionaire spy Vesper Lynd ( Ursula Andress) Bond's secretary Miss Moneypenny ( Barbara Bouchet) Bond's daughter with Mata Hari, Mata Bond ( Joanna Pettet) and British agents Coop ( Terence Cooper) and The Detainer ( Daliah Lavi).Ĭharles K. The film's tagline: 'Casino Royale is too much. Forced out of retirement to investigate the deaths and disappearances of international spies, he soon battles the mysterious Dr. The film stars David Niven as the 'original' Bond, Sir James Bond 007. It is loosely based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, the first novel to feature the character James Bond. Believing that he could not compete with the Eon series, Feldman instead produced the movie as a spy satire.Casino Royale is a 1967 spy parody film originally distributed by Columbia Pictures featuring an ensemble cast. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman failed to come to terms. Feldman, the producer, had acquired the film rights in 1960 and had attempted to get Casino Royale made as an Eon Productions Bond film, however, Feldman and Eon Productions’ Albert R. Note: This movie is considered an “unofficial” James Bond movie because it was not produced by Eon Productions. The world’s richest agent, Vesper Lynd, helps convince Tremble to masquerade as 007. Bond, hoping to clear his name from its current low repute, hires Evelyn Tremble to meet LeChiffre at the gambling tables at Casino Royale. 007’s nephew Jimmy Bond is supposedly incompetent. The current agent using the Bond name, Cooper, has his hands full, despite his assistance by beautiful secretary, Moneypenny. Bond’s illegitimate daughter, Mata Bond, whose mother was the late Mata Hari, is going to help out. Bond is taken in by Agent Mimi (alias Lady Fiona McTarry) who immediately falls in love with him. Sir James Bond is enjoying his retirement when four international agents press him into service again in hopes of smashing SMERSH and Topple LeChiffre at the baccarat tables.

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