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Casino Royale. Image shows left to right: Evelyn Tremble (James Bond - 007) (Peter Sellers), Vesper Lynd (007) (Ursula Andress). Credit: Columbia Pictures
Casino Royale

Casino Royale

  • 1967 film

Extravagant 007 spoof in which Sir James Bond is brought out of retirement to save the world from criminal organisation SMERSH. Stars Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Orson Welles, Joanna Pettet and more.

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Casino Royale. Image shows left to right: Moneypenny (Barbara Bouchet), Sir James Bond (David Niven)

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
1967
Creator
Ian Fleming
Stars
Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Orson Welles, Joanna Pettet, Daliah Lavi, Woody Allen, Deborah Kerr and more
Writers
Wolf Mankowitz, John Law and Michael Sayers
Directors
John Huston, Kenneth Hughes, Val Guest, Robert Parrish and Joe McGrath
Producers
Charles K. Feldman and Jerry Bresler

Extravagant 007 spoof in which Sir James Bond is brought out of retirement to save the world from the machinations of the criminal organisation SMERSH.

Reluctant to return to the dangers of his old lifestyle, Bond finds himself pressganged back to London by the combined will of MI5, the CIA, KGB, and French secret service, all of whom have their top agents disappearing or dropping like flies. SMERSH must have infiltrated one or all of the top organisations - but who is behind it and for what aim?

Bond creates a host of namesakes from some of the top agents and civillians he knows of - including his own daughter - and sets them on the case. But with rigged casinos, exploding pills, incredibly seductive women, and the upper hand of surprise, SMERSH look set to be a hard nut to crack. It looks like James may just have to go out into the field himself, one last time...

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Additional details

UK certificate
U
Duration
142 minutes
UK premiere
Thursday 13th April 1967, Leicester Square ODEON
Distributors

Columbia Pictures

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour
Soundtrack
Music composed and conducted by Burt Bacharach, with lyrics by Hal David. Title theme performed by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.

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Broadcast details

Most recent repeats
  • Monday 29th April 2024 at 9:00pm on ITV4
  • Saturday 27th April 2024 at 3:55pm on ITV4
  • Sunday 7th April 2024 at 7:00am on ITV1

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