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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 are now owned by EON/DANJAQ). There was no trademark
gun barrel sequence or use of Monty Norman's James Bond theme. |
