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Casino Royale (1967)

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Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 32
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 22

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Average Rating: 4.9/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 5

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Movie Info

Retired after years of international espionage, Agent 007 is lured back into action to battle the evil spy organization SMERSH in this notoriously incoherent parody of the James Bond films. David Niven portrays the aging Bond, who atypically rejects the advances of a variety of women, and agrees to battle SMERSH's hold on the lavish Casino Royale only after organization head M is murdered. Also mixed up in the affair are several other secret agents, all named James Bond, played by everyone from

G, 2 hr. 30 min.

Action & Adventure, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Val Guest , Kenneth Hughes

Written By: Wolf Mankowitz, John Law, Michael Sayers, Billy Wilder, Val Guest

In Theaters: Apr 27, 1967 Wide

On DVD: Oct 15, 2002

MGM Home Entertainment

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Cast

Peter Sellers
Evelyn Tremble
Ursula Andress
Vesper Lynd
David Niven
Sir James Bond
Orson Welles
Le Chiffre
Woody Allen
Jimmy Bond/Dr. Noah
Joanna Pettet
Mata Bond
Daliah Lavi
The Detainer (007)
William Holden
Ransome
Charles Boyer
Le Grand
John Huston
McTarry
George Raft
Himself
Jean-Paul Belmondo
French Legionnaire
Terence Cooper
Cooper
Barbara Bouchet
Miss Moneypenny
Angela Scoular
Buttercup
Gabriella Licudi
Eliza
Tracey Crisp
Heather
Jacqueline Bisset
Miss Goodthighs
Anna Quayle
Frau Hoffner
Derek Nimmo
Hadley
Ronnie Corbett
Polo
Colin Gordon
Casino Director
Tracy Reed
Fang Leader
Duncan Macrae
Inspector Mathis
Graham Stark
Cashier
Richard Wattis
British Army Officer
Percy Herbert
First Piper
Alexandra Bastedo
Meg
Geoffrey Bayldon
Q
John Bluthal
Casino Doorman
Bernard Cribbins
Taxi Driver
Kurt Kasznar
Smernov
Deborah Kerr
Lady Fiona McTarry
John Le Mesurier
Driver (uncredited)
Chic Murray
Chic
Peter O'Toole
Piper (uncredited)
Jeanne Roland
Captain of the Gurads
Vladek Sheybal
Le Chiffre's Representa...
Elaine Taylor
Peg
John Wells
Q's Assistant

Critic Reviews for Casino Royale

All Critics (32) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (23) | DVD (13)

Poor 007 is now lost in a hall of distorting mirrors.

October 13, 2008 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine

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TIME Magazine

Top Critic

Peter Sellers has some amusing gags as the gambler, the chance of dressing up in various guises and a neat near-seduction scene with Ursula Andress.

August 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

Top Critic

Out of five directors -- only McGrath manages to connect with this brontosaurian James Bond parody.

August 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

The few good aspects of this farce are vastly outweighed by the bad.

November 5, 2006 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

It's the sort of reckless, disconnected nonsense that could be telescoped or stopped at any point.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

Top Critic

...a definitive example of what can happen when everybody working on a film goes simultaneously berserk.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

Silly 007 spoof tamer than Austin Powers.

December 14, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Charles Cassady

Common Sense Media

Despite being not officially a Bond film this is good solid, entertaining action.

October 13, 2008 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Kim Newman

Empire Magazine

Chaotic and astonishingly unfunny.

July 22, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

Surrealisticly bad

February 12, 2008 Comment (1)

Stefan Birgir Stefansson

sbs.is

A mess. Casino Royale is two hours and eleven minutes of non sequitur.

August 15, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Now Craig assumes the mantle, and you know, he does OK.

November 16, 2006 Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review

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Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

No less than five directors, including John Huston, and eight writers, including Billy Wilder and Ben Hecht, tried to salvage this lengthy, laden all-star Bond spoof--to no avail.

November 11, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

It's cheesy, cheesy, cheesy.

November 5, 2006 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Greg Muskewitz

eFilmCritic.com

Even less amusing than the more 'serious' Bond films.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

...only a very small minority of those acquainted with the more arcane aspects of 1960s cinema are going to have some appreciation for CASINO ROYALE.

June 26, 2005 Full Review Source: Draxblog Movie Reviews

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Dragan Antulov

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Watching this movie is a serious drag.

March 22, 2005 Full Review Source: Not Coming to a Theater Near You

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Matt Bailey

Not Coming to a Theater Near You

Even more awful considering the wasted talents.

October 30, 2004 Comment

Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan Source: Kansas City Kansan

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One day I'll post a real review for this 2 and a half hour nightmare from depths of the ninth circle of Hell, but it'll take a while to write. As in several weeks or more.

February 6, 2012

Jacob Ethington

Super Reviewer

Bizarre madcap comedy that isn't really that funny, but has a great taste. In the vein of later comedy masterpieces like Blazing Saddles, but with none of the humor. The cast is fantastic and everyone gives great performances, but the film itself just isn't very good.

December 24, 2007

Tim Salmons

Super Reviewer

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