What little story this movie has finds James Bond (David Niven) knighted and in retirement on a lion infested estate where he raises roses and plays Debussy.
This is the big battle in the gambling place known as Casino Royale and it is a circus with American cowboys, Indian paratroopers (yelling Geronimo, natur ally) and Keystone cops. It is loaded with sight gags, inside jokes, sexy girls, double meaning lines, gimmicks and gadgets - but little of its hangs together.ĪT TIMES it is wildly hilarious but there are other - and longer - stretches that limp along.īut getting back to that ending, which I enjoyed and not entirely because the movie was over. In fact, drop in on it in the middle if you like.Īny resemblance between 'Casino Royale' and the Ian Fleming novel, James Bond stories generally and any sensible movie is not coincidental, it's impossible.įive directors handled this movie in separate sequences and it looks it. That's the best part of the movie and the rest doesn't make sense anyway. Tony Mastroianni Review Collection 'Casino Royale' Is a Mish-Mash Cleveland Press April 26, 1967ĭon't see 'Casino Royale' from the beginning.
