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007 Soundtrack: Casino Royale (1967)

FILM: Casino Royale (1967)
SOUNDTRACK RELEASED: 1967 
SCORE COMPOSER: Burt Bacharach
TITLE SONG: Casino Royale Theme
COMPOSED BY: Burt Bacharach, Hal David
PERFORMED BY: Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass

Casino Royale´s original music is by Burt Bacharach. Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass performed some of the songs with Mike Redway singing the lyrics to the title song as the end credits rolled (a version of the song was also sung by Peter Sellers). The title theme was Alpert's second number one on the Easy Listening chart where it spent two weeks at the top in June 1967 and peaked at number twenty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100.

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TRACK LISTING

  1. "Casino Royale Theme" - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - (2:35)
  2. "The Look of Love" - Dusty Springfield - (4:08)
  3. "Money Penny Goes for Broke" - (1:36)
  4. "Le Chiffre's Torture of the Mind" - (2:10)
  5. "Home James, Don't Spare the Horses" - (1:30)
  6. "Sir James' Trip to Find Mata" - (3:47)
  7. "The Look of Love" (Instrumental) - (2:46)
  8. "Hi There Miss Goodthighs" - (1:15)
  9. "Little French Boy" - (2:23)
  10. "Flying Saucer" - First Stop Berlin - (2:57)
  11. "The Venerable Sir James Bond" - (2:30)
  12. "Dream On James, You're Winning" (1:17)
  13. "The Big Cowboys and Indians Fight at Casino Royale" / "Casino Royale Theme" (reprise) - (4:52)

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007 Film: Casino Royale (1967)

007 Film: Casino Royale
Release year: 1967
Directed by: Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish, Val Guest, Richard Talmadge (uncredited)
Produced by: Charles K. Feldman, Jerry Bresler

Casino Royale is a 1967 spy comedy film originally produced by Columbia Pictures starring an ensemble cast of directors and actors. It is loosely based on Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel. 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.


CAST: 

  • David Niven as Sir James Bond 007 – A legendary British secret agent forced out of retirement to fight SMERSH.
  • Peter Sellers as Evelyn Tremble – A baccarat master recruited by Vesper Lynd to challenge Le Chiffre at Casino Royale.
  • Ursula Andress as Vesper Lynd – A retired British secret agent forced back into service in exchange for writing off her tax arrears.
  • Orson Welles as Le Chiffre – SMERSH's financial agent, desperate to win at baccarat to repay the money he has embezzled from the organisation.
  • Woody Allen as Dr. Noah/Jimmy Bond – Bond's nephew and head of SMERSH.
  • Barbara Bouchet as Miss Moneypenny – The beautiful daughter of Bond's original Miss Moneypenny. She works for the service in the same position her mother had years before.
  • Deborah Kerr as Agent Mimi/Lady Fiona McTarry – A SMERSH agent who masquerades as the widow of M but cannot help falling in love with Bond. Kerr was 46 when she played the role and was the oldest Bond Girl in any of the James Bond films.
  • Jacqueline Bisset (credited as Jacky Bisset) as Giovanna Goodthighs – A SMERSH agent who attempts to kill Evelyn Tremble at Casino Royale.
    Also, as an extra who stands behind Le Chiffre at the casino.
  • Joanna Pettet as Mata Bond – Bond's daughter, born of his love affair with Mata Hari.
  • Daliah Lavi as The Detainer – A British secret agent who successfully poisons Dr. Noah with his own atomic pill.
  • Terence Cooper as Coop – A British secret agent specifically chosen, and trained for this mission to resist the charms of women.
  • Bernard Cribbins as Carlton Towers – A British Foreign Office official who drives Mata Bond all the way from London to Berlin in his taxi.
  • Ronnie Corbett as Polo – A SMERSH agent at the International Mothers' Help who was in love with Mata Hari and expresses the same feelings for Mata Bond.
  • Anna Quayle as Frau Hoffner – Frau Hoffner is Mata Hari's teacher, portrayed as a parody of Cesare in the German Expressionist film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (her school is modelled on the film's expressionist decor).
  • John Huston as M/McTarry – Head of MI6 who dies from an explosion caused by his own bombardment of Bond's estate.
  • William Holden as Ransome – A CIA agent who accompanies M to persuade Bond out of retirement, then reappears in the final climactic fight scene.
  • Charles Boyer as LeGrand – A Deuxième Bureau agent who accompanies M and Ransom to see Bond.


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007 James Bond actor: David Niven

Who: James David Graham Niven
Born: 1 March 1910, London, England
Died: 29 July 1983, Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland


James David Graham Niven was an English actor and novelist who was popular in Europe and in the United States. He may be best known for his roles as Squadron Leader Peter Carter in A Matter of Life and Death, as Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days and as Sir Charles Lytton, a.k.a. "the Phantom", in The Pink Panther. He was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Separate Tables (1958).

David Niven trivia facts:
  • He was assigned to the HLI, and his comment was known in the regiment. Thus Niven did not enjoy his time in the army. He served with the HLI for two years in Malta and then for a few months in Dover.
  • In the James Bond novel You Only Live Twice, by Ian Fleming, he is referred to, and a pet bird in the story was named after him. Three years after the book was released, he played Bond in Casino Royale (1967).
  • Was on stage at the 1974's Oscars when a naked man ran behind him.


David Niven's 007 production:
Casino Royale (1967, an unofficial 007 film)


James Bond: 1967
In 1967 he appeared as one of seven incarnations of 007 in the James Bond spoof Casino Royale. Niven had been Bond creator Ian Fleming's first choice to play Bond in Dr. No. Casino Royale co-producer Charles K. Feldman said later that Fleming had written the book with Niven in mind, and therefore had sent a copy to Niven. Niven was the only James Bond actor mentioned by name in the text of Fleming's novels. In On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Bond visits an exclusive ski resort in Switzerland where he is told that David Niven is a frequent visitor and in You Only Live Twice, Niven is referred to as the only real gentleman in Hollywood.


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