At least here, one could follow the plot as Fleming would have liked it! ‘Casino Royale’ (1967) by DLibrasnow

However, I would recommend the DVD version of this movie, if only for the very intriging 1954 CBS TV version of Casino Royale with Barry Nelson. Not even recommended for hard core Bond fans! This movie is the worst Bond of all for me, placing well below any of the official movies, and Never Say Never Again. Imagine Joanna Pettet as a Bond girl for Connery! Wow!ĭespite these few pluses, many talented actors, funny in their own right, are wasted in this sham of a movie. All the girls, aside from Ursula Andress and Angela Scoular (past and future Bond girl, respectively) would have made great Bond girls in the official series.

The few bright spots of Casino Royale involve the really “shagadelic”, though somewhat repetitive soundtrack by Burt Bacharach, a terrific performance by Orson Welles as the villian Le Chiffre, and the entire cast of Bond girls. Instead, we are treated to an absolute rubbish of a movie! I get the feeling that the producers of the 1967 version were perhaps going for something of this sort, but being an alternate Bond spoof with no history, that motive would not work at all. The new person would then inherit the name of James Bond, thereby keeping the name going for another generation. He would then get killed off, only to be replaced by someone else with a different name (Daniel Craig).

That someone would even suggest that multiple James Bonds in one movie would be funny is a mystery to me! The ironic thing here is that some posters on this site suggested that Pierce Brosnan could return for this movie as the current Bond. I can’t even really gauge how funny this movie is since the plot is incomprehensible! However, I will comment on the few points of the movie that I can actually decipher. Well, what can I say about this movie? I don’t really know what to say since the plot is so confusing, and I can’t really provide a detailed review! All I know is that this movie is horrid! The point of a movie spoof is to make it funny. Now here are some selected reviews, varying in opinion, of Casino Royale (1967)… ‘Casino Royale’ (1967) by A Kristatos If you wish to join in on the forum discussion all you have to do is register. Over the last several months, members of the CBn Forum have been reviewing all the James Bond 007 films in the “ Countdown Threads“.

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