In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 4 nominations total
Jean-Paul Belmondo
- French Legionnaire
- (as Jean Paul Belmondo)
- Directors
- Val Guest(scenes with Woody Allen and additional scenes with David Niven)
- Ken Hughes(Berlin scenes)
- John Huston(scenes at Sir James Bond's house and castle in Scotland scenes)
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Did you know
- TriviaPeter Sellers and Orson Welles hated each other so much that the filming of the scene where both of them face each other across a gaming table actually took place on different days with a double standing in for the other actor.
- GoofsIn the "vault" scene towards the end, Bond says, "Careful, it's vaporized lysergic acid, highly explosive". Lysergic acid, used in the synthesis of the hallucinogen LSD, is not explosive at all.
- Quotes
Piper: Excuse me. Are you Richard Burton?
Evelyn Tremble: No, I'm Peter O'Toole!
Piper: Then you're the finest man that ever breathed.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credit animation by Richard Williams parodies illuminated manuscripts with cartoon-style calligraphy. It sets the tone for the film as a psychedelic "knight's tale" of Sir James Bond.
- Alternate versionsIn the Region 2 DVD which has English, German, French, Italian and Spanish audio tracks, the ending is left instrumental in Spanish audio track unlike the others.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Clock (2010)
Featured review
Too Confusing To Be Truly Good
In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.
I hate to say that I did not really enjoy this movie. But based on the IMDb rating, I apparently am not alone in that. While I like the idea of a spy spoof, this one just seemed to flop for me. Maybe it was because too many writers and directors were involved, but the plot was too confusing and ran for much too long. Did we need seven James Bonds? No.
Granted, we have a great cast: Peter Sellers, Orson Welles, Woody Allen and others. And some of the jokes were pretty funny. But trying to keep the plot straight was just too difficult.
I hate to say that I did not really enjoy this movie. But based on the IMDb rating, I apparently am not alone in that. While I like the idea of a spy spoof, this one just seemed to flop for me. Maybe it was because too many writers and directors were involved, but the plot was too confusing and ran for much too long. Did we need seven James Bonds? No.
Granted, we have a great cast: Peter Sellers, Orson Welles, Woody Allen and others. And some of the jokes were pretty funny. But trying to keep the plot straight was just too difficult.
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- Казино Рояль
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- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $2,500
- Runtime2 hours 11 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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