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Casino Royale is a 1967 spy parody film originally distributed by Columbia Pictures. It is loosely based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming; the first novel to feature the character James Bond. The film stars David Niven as the "original" Bond, Sir James Bond 007.
David Niven starred in the 1967 film Casino Royale. When Sean Connery had been cast in November 1961, [52] David Niven had been Fleming's choice for the role; the actor reflected the author's image of the character. [13] In 1965 producer Charles Feldman signed Niven to play Sir James Bond for Casino Royale, a film not made by Eon Productions.
David Niven, Terence Cooper, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, Barbara Bouchet, Daliah Lavi, Joanna Pettet, and Ursula Andress as James Bond 007 in Casino Royale (1967) [53] Marcus Carl Franklin, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, and Ben Whishaw as different facets of Bob Dylan in I'm Not There (2007)
After the horror film Eye of the Devil (1966), Niven appeared as James Bond in Casino Royale (1967), and is, with the exception of Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again, the only other man to ever portray Bond in a non-Eon Productions film. Niven had been Bond creator Ian Fleming's first choice to play Bond in Dr. No.
David Niven: He was turned down in favor of Connery (later played Bond in the 1967 parody Casino Royale) (Fleming's personal choice). [4] Richard Todd: He was Fleming's first choice for the role, but scheduling conflicts prevented him from getting it. [5] Jeremy Brett: On Her Majesty's Secret Service: 1967 He feared the role would harm his ...
The 1967 film Casino Royale had not one but two Ms. The first is played by John Huston , who also co-directed. [ 55 ] In this film, M's real name is McTarry and he is accidentally killed when, in order to get Bond out of retirement, he orders the military to fire mortars at Bond's mansion when the retired spy refuses to return to duty.
James Bond is a fictional character created by British novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. A British secret agent working for MI6 under the codename 007, Bond has been portrayed on film in twenty-seven productions by actors Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig.
The rebooted series spanned five films –Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015), and No Time to Die (2021) – all starring Craig. This version of Bond is killed at the end of the lattermost film, making him and David Niven's character, to date, the only versions of the character to die. [2]