When Ian Fleming wrote the James Bond character, he had actor David Niven in mind to best play the iconic part for the big screen. (Hardly justified considering CLEOPATRA’S 44 Mill price tag.)ĬAST & CREW: David Niven= Ian Fleming’s vision of James Bond

And the original budget of $6 million doubled to more than $12 million with out-of-control spending, multiple sets and sound stages across the United Kingdom, Ireland and Scotland plus delays in production, earning it a reputation similar to Joseph L.

The original three screenplay writers were assisted by another seven writer contributors including Billy Wilder, Ben Hecht and Terry Southern. In the end, the four directors turned into six. With very little to work with, he decided to make this James Bond production a parody with four main segments directed by separate directors and writers, starting with director John Huston. Feldman decided to take the original “Casino Royale” story to the big screen (the first of only two non-Eon Productions of Bond films), other than the casino scene,most of the plot points had been taken for use in other Bond films. The “Bond girls” of CASINO ROYALE (1967) posterīy the time producer Charlie K. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman with financial backing by United Artists created Eon Productions, to make the first of many James Bond films with Terence Young’s DR. Despite these novels great successes it took several years for Fleming to bring his novels to the big screen.

Fleming continued with publishing a new Bond book every year until 1966. Interestingly, there was a television production of “Casino Royale” on the CBS show Climax! in 1954 starring Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre and a very Americanized Bond, awkwardly acted by Barry Nelson who is sometimes called Jimmy. This film was released 14 years after the novel was published. “Casino Royale” was Ian Fleming’s first novel published in the infamous James Bond series in 1953. But reality is a dish not served in this film.Ī Little Background History: Barry Nelson as James Bond in “Casino Royale” (Climax!) 1954 Reality held a different image for many no doubt. I can’t say for certainty because I was just wee babe of six months old when this film was released in April 1967, but to me, this film is a stylish party that projects what many wanted the 60’s to be. This aptly describes the style of the times and of the outrageously fun flick, CASINO ROYALE (1967). The swinging, silly, sexy, psychedelic sixties.

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