Casino Royale is a spy parody film originally distributed by Columbia Pictures. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming ; the first novel to feature the character James Bond.
Forced out of retirement to investigate the deaths and disappearances of international spies, he soon battles the mysterious Dr. The film's tagline: "Casino Royale is too much Charles K.
Feldman , the producer, had acquired the film rights in and had attempted to get Casino Royale made as an Eon Productions Bond film ; however, Feldman and the producers of the Eon series, Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman , failed to come to terms. Believing that he could not compete with the Eon series, Feldman resolved to produce the film as a satire. The budget escalated as various directors and writers became involved in the production, and actors expressed dissatisfaction with the project.
Critical reaction, however, was generally negative, with many reviewers regarding it as a baffling, disorganised affair. The four implore Bond to come out of retirement to deal with SMERSH , who have been eliminating agents, but Bond refuses, as well as chastising M for continuing to use his name for other field agents. M orders a mortar attack that destroys Bond's estate, but is himself killed in the process. The women fail to seduce Bond, and Mimi is so impressed that she helps Bond foil the plot against him and joins a convent.
Back in London, Bond is named head of MI6. Bond is told that agents around the world are being killed by SMERSH due to their inability to refuse sex, and also that the " sex maniac " who was given the name "James Bond" when he Bond retired has gone to work in television. To confuse SMERSH and expose their masterplan, Bond orders that all remaining MI6 agents be codenamed "James Bond ", and creates a rigorous programme to train male agents to ignore women's advances.
