Casino Royale (DVD, 2002, Widescreen) Pre-Owned.
Casino Royale
is a 1967
spy
parody
film originally distributed by
Columbia Pictures
featuring an
ensemble cast
. 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
. Forced out of retirement to investigate the deaths and disappearances of international spies, he soon battles the mysterious Dr. Noah and
SMERSH
. The film's tagline: "Casino Royale is too much... for one James Bond!" refers to Bond's ruse to mislead SMERSH in which six other agents are pretending to be "James Bond", namely,
baccarat
master Evelyn Tremble (
Peter Sellers
); millionaire spy
Vesper Lynd
(
Ursula Andress
); Bond's secretary
Miss Moneypenny
(
Barbara Bouchet
); Bond's daughter with
Mata Hari
, Mata Bond (
Joanna Pettet
); and British agents Coop (
Terence Cooper
) and The Detainer (
Daliah Lavi
).