POSTER – CASINO ROYALE ’67

Italian ‘Casino Royale’ Due-Foglio / 2 Sheet Poster Linen Backed (1000 x 1400mm) Based On The Artwork By Robert McGinnis

Casino Royale Is A 1967 Spy Comedy Film Originally Produced By Columbia Pictures Starring An Ensemble Cast 0f 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. The Film’s Slogan: “Casino Royale Is Too Much… For One James Bond!” Refers To Bond’s Ruse To Mislead SMERSH In Which Six Other Agents Are Pretending To Be “James Bond”, Namely, Baccarat Master Evelyn Tremble (Peter Sellers), Millionaire Spy Vesper Lynd (Ursula Andress), Bond’s Secretary Miss Moneypenny (Barbara Bouchet), Mata Bond (Joanna Pettet), Bond’s Daughter With Mata Hari, And British Agents “Coop” (Terence Cooper), General M (John Huston), Jimmy Bond (Peter Sellers), Le Chiffre (Orson Welles), Agent Mimi (Deborah Kerr), Giovanna Goodthights (Jacqueline Bisset), French Legionaire (Jean-Paul Belmondo), Ransome (William Holden), Le Grand (Charles Boyer) And “The Detainer” (Daliah Lavi)

Charles K. Feldman, The Producer, Had Acquired The Film Rights In 1960 And Had Attempted To Get Casino Royale Made As An Eon Productions Bond Film. 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 Got Involved In The Production, And Actors Expressed Dissatisfaction With The Project
Columbia, Italy 1967

Different ‘CR67’ Casino Royale Poster Editions Overview

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