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Date of release: |
Royal World Premiere
13th April 1967
ODEON Leicester Square, London. |
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Running Time: |
131 minutes |
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James Bond: |
David Niven |
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Plot: |
Posing as Dr Noah, the head of SMERSH,
Sir James Bond's nephew ‘Little Jimmy Bond’ (Woody Allen) is
eliminating secret agents and plans to replace world leaders with
look-alike robots. Also suffering from an inferiority complex he plans
to release a virus that will kill all men taller than four foot six
and make all women beautiful! |
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Bond’s Women: |
Vesper Lynd (Ursula Andress)
Mata Bond
(Joanna Pettet) |
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Bond’s Enemies: |
Dr Noah/Jimmy
Bond (Woody Allen)
Le Chiffre (Orson Welles) |
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Bond’s Allies: |
Evelyn Tremble (Peter Sellers)
Ransome (William Holden)
Moneypenny (Barbara Bouchet)
Cooper (Terence Cooper)
Mathis (Duncan MacRae)
M [McTarry] (John Huston)
Q (Geoffrey Bayldon)
Casino Director (Colin Gordon) |
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Bond’s Car: |
Bentley MK IV |
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Bond’s Gadget: |
Two-Way TV/Radio wristwatch |
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Main Title Music: |
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass |
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Vocals featured within the film: |
‘The Look of Love’
sung by Dusty
Springfield
‘Dream
On James, You're Winning’
sung by Mike Redway |
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End Title Music: |
‘Have No Fear, Bond Is Here’
sung by Mike Redway |
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Music Score: |
Burt Bacharach |
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Production Design: |
Michael Stringer |
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Art Directors: |
John Howell,
Ivor Beddoes &
Lionel Couch |
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Main Titles Designer: |
Richard Williams
[and montage effects] |
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Costume Designer: |
Julie Harris
Guard Girl Dresses
Paco Rabanne |
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Special Effects: |
Cliff Richardson & Roy Whybrow |
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Editor: |
Bill Lenny |
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Screenplay: |
Wolf Mankowitz, John Law &
Michael
Sayers
[Suggested by the novel
CASINO ROYALE by Ian Fleming] |
Director of
Photography: |
Jack Hildyard |
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Additional photography: |
Nicolas Roeg & John Wilcox |
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Directors: |
John Huston,
Kenneth Hughes,
Val Guest,
Robert Parrish &
Joseph McGrath. [Additional sequences directed by
Val Guest] |
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Producers: |
Charles K. Feldman &
Jerry Bresler |
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Poster Tag-line: |
“CASINO ROYALE IS TOO MUCH... FOR
ONE JAMES BOND!” |
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Casino Royale is an
unofficial James Bond film and not part of the EON Productions series (although
the rights to the film are now owned by EON). There was no trademark
gun barrel sequence or use of Monty Norman's James Bond theme. |
