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FILM DETAILS

Certificate PG

Cast Peter Sellers Ursula Andress David Niven Orson Welles

Directors John Huston Ken Hughes Robert Parrish Val Guest Joseph McGrath

Screenwriters Wolf Mankowitz John Law Michael Sayers

Running Time 131 minutes

Casino Royale
Long on laughs, short on testicle whipping

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Plot
Sir James Bond is called out of retirement when the world is threatened by mysterious mastermind ‘Dr Noah’. Meanwhile, the British secret service recruit and train various other operatives who are code-named ‘James Bond 007’, notably baccarat expert Evelyn Tremble (Peter Sellers), who is required to take on SMERSH chief Le Chiffre at the Casino Royale.

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