Casino royale, britishamerican spy film, released in 1967, that is a parody of ian flemings first james bond novel 1953. Sir james bond is called back out of retirement to stop smersh. Interesting trivia from wikipedia, actually from the wild, wild west article. He was the second actor to play the role in a film outside the official franchise. Yes, the rights were purchased from ian fleming, the author of the 007 books. Trailer casino royale 1967 the first james bond parody, based on the ian flemming novel, david nivens, peter sellers, and woody allen star as james, james, and jimmy to thwart. Discover how you can enjoy hbo s original series, hit movies, documentaries and more. David niven full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. So then the flyingsaucer kidnaps mata hari and james bonds lovechild, and then james bond whos david niven and james bond whos woody allen faceoff, and meanwhile james bond is being tortured with insane hallucinations and someone has snuck into his delusions with a machinegun bagpipe and through all this deborah kerr was a french scotswoman. Feldman said later that fleming had written the book with niven in mind, and therefore had sent a copy to niven. After a horror film eye of the devil 1966 niven appeared as james bond 007 in casino royale 1967.
Casino royale, david niven is james bond, and peter sellers is james bond as well, and even mata bond joanna pettet, bonds daughter with legendary female spy. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Peter sellers, ursula andress, david niven, woody allen, joanna pettet, orson welles, daliah lavi 5 directors. Is casino royale 1967 starring david niven considered a. With david niven, peter sellers, ursula andress, orson welles. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing casino royale 1967 near you. The film is a spoof of the genre that its lead character helped to popularize. To put the cherry on the whole sundae, hal david, dusty. Here you find old movie, newly released, and upcoming movie trailers. James david graham niven was born on the feast day of st david, patron saint of wales.
He plays james bond in the 1967 spoof of casino royale. In order to trick smersh and le chiffre, bond thinks up. This wacky sendup of james bond films stars david niven as the iconic debonair spy, now retired and living a peaceful existence. David niven, peter sellers, ursula andress, orson welles. David, a highly active individual, continued acting well into the 1970s. First of all, let me say that i just love this movie. In which the unretired james bond david niven meets the new moneypenny barbara bouchet and introduces his errant nephew jimmy woody allen, in the 007 spoof casino royale, 1967 view the tcmdb entry for casino royale. Broccoli didnt want feldmans vision for casino royale even associated with the alreadylucrative film series. Peter sellers, ursula andress, david niven, orson welles. Casino royale 1967 cast and crew cast photos and info. David niven stars, while a host of wellknown actors populate the screen. Three years after the book was released, he played bond in casino royale 1967. David niven portrays the aging bond, who atypically rejects the advances of a variety of women, and agrees to battle smershs hold on the lavish casino royale only after organization head m is. Plagued by a chaotic production, the movie is notable for being largely incoherent.
Casino royale 1967 directed by john huston, robert. The widow of this movie s m well, sort of, and a smersh agent who tries to seduce bond niven version. A couple of the images in this intro come from the casino royale. Shes not even thinking of david niven as james bond at all, but i begin to realise that it doesnt matter. Actor 112 curse of the pink panther 1983 sir charles litton better late than never. Bond is called back into duty when the mysterious organization. Casino royale 1967 david niven as sir james bond imdb. Although registered as the son of his mothers husband william edward graham niven, he was in fact the result of one of the many extramarital flings she enjoyed while her husband was off fighting for king and country in the first world war. It is loosely based on ian flemings first james bond novel. Casino royale is a 1967 comedy spy film originally produced by columbia pictures starring an ensemble cast of directors and actors.
In an early spy spoof, aging sir james bond comes out of retirement to take on. Casino royale is the first of two films to adapt ian flemings character james bond under a production company other than eon productions. James david graham niven was born in london to william edward graham niven. Trailer of casino royale, classic movie prevue david niven. David niven sir james bond orson welles le chiffre woody allen jimmy bonddr. Casino royale is a 1967 spy comedy film originally produced by columbia pictures featuring an ensemble cast. Download casino royale yts yify movies torrents download. Casino royale 1967 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. David niven plays the real bond, surrounded by a host of impersonators. It is set as a satire of the james bond film series and the spy genre, and is loosely based on ian flemings first james bond novel. David niven, peter sellers, and roger moore have all played james bond and appeared in pink panther films, and their characters in the pink panther films.
After the death of m, sir james bond is called back out of retirement to stop smersh. The film stars david niven as the original bond, sir james bond 007. David niven, woody allen, orson wells, and peter sellers are absolutely fantastic in this little romp. Niven had been bond creator ian flemings first choice to play bond in dr. Five agents go to a remote spot to one car to seek out bringing sir james bond david niven out of retirement for his assistance. In order to trick smersh, james thinks up the ultimate plan that every agent will be named james bond.
Find great deals on ebay for casino royale david niven. Casino royal was a spoof of the james bond series featuring an all star cast of peter sellers, david niven, ursula andress, woody allen, plus a bunch of cameos by orson wells, william holden, john. David niven, peter sellers, orson welles, ursula andress, woody allen, deborah keer, terence cooper, jean paul belmondo, barbara bouchet. Barbara bouchet and david niven in casino royale 1967. So, almost in defiance of broccoli, feldman produced casino royale as a spoof, an offthewall mockery of james bond movies, instead. David niven bio, wife, death, army, career, awards. It is loosely based on ian fleming s first james bond novel. David niven portrays the aging bond, who atypically rejects the advances of a variety of women, and agrees to battle smershs hold on the lavish casino royale only after organization head. To the laird sir james david niven avoids the drugged drinks at a wild scottish party that ends with a room full of passed out women and bagpipe players. Of his later movies were murder by death 1976, death on the nile 1978 and the sea wolves 1980. Setting that aside and i fully admit, its a lot to set aside casino royale is a fun movie.
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