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, Rovi
- Genre: Comedy
- Category Parody/Spoof, Spy Comedy, Ensemble Film
- Theme: Heroic Mission, Fish Out of Water, Assumed Identities
- Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
- Run Time: 02 hr 11 min
- Language: English, Spanish, French
- Subtitle Language: Spanish, French
- Picture Format: widescreen
- Release Date: February 7, 2012
- Lead Actor: Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Orson Welles, Woody Allen
- Supporting Actor: Kurt Kasznar, Deborah Kerr, Jeanne Roland, Alexandra Bastedo, Chic Murray, Elaine Taylor, Bernard Cribbins, John Bluthal, John Le Mesurier, Vladek Sheybal, John Wells, Geoffrey Bayldon, Peter O'Toole, Daliah Lavi, Joanna Pettet, William Holden, Charles Boyer, John Huston, George Raft, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Terence Cooper, Barbara Bouchet, Angela Scoular, Gabriella Licudi, Tracey Crisp, Jacqueline Bisset, Anna Quayle, Derek Nimmo, Ronnie Corbett, Colin Gordon, Tracy Reed, Duncan MacRae, Graham Stark, Richard Wattis, Percy Herbert
- Director: Ken Hughes, John Huston, Robert Parrish, Val Guest, Joseph McGrath
awards
- Nominations: Academy Awards (1)
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Song, 1967, Hal David, Burt Bacharach
