Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 10/21/2008
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: MGM

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 Peter Sellers and Woody Allen to a chimpanzee. Despite a star-studded cast, a large production budget, and a hit score by Burt Bacharach, the film was universally panned as a muddled, overlong failure, with the occasional amusing sequence lost in the unintelligible surroundings. The participation of several screenwriters and five different directors, including John Huston, only adds to the confusion.

~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

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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

Production:
Val Guest Ken Hughes John Huston Joseph McGrath Robert Parrish - Director
Jerry Bresler Charles K. Feldman - Producer
Burt Bacharach - Composer
Bill Lenny - Editor
Val Guest Ben Hecht John Law Wolf Mankowitz Michael Sayers Terry Southern Billy Wilder Joseph Heller - Screen Writer
Terence Morgan II - Set Designer
Ivor Beddoes - Art Director
John Howell - Art Director
Lionel Couch - Art Director
Tutte Lemkow - Choreography
Jack Hildyard - Cinematographer
John Wilcox - Cinematographer
Nicolas Roeg - Cinematographer
Julie Harris - Costume Designer
Michael Stringer - Production Designer
Hal David - Songwriter
Ian Fleming - Book Author

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