Casino Royale
1967
**
Director: Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish, Val Guest, Richard Talmadge
Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Woody Allen, Barbara Bouchet, Deborah Kerr
There's a handful of directors behind the camera, a large number of big egos (some of them directors) in front of it, and many uncredited contributors behind the scenes. No wonder this James Bond spoof is a total mess. Sir James Bond is now a retired spy who must return to active duty. The first thing he does is create a decoy by renaming all MI6 agents after himself. Woody Allen plays the evil mastermind, which is pretty much the funniest gag in the film. The story is loosely based on Ian Fleming's novel, which was refilmed in 2006 as Daniel Craig's first outing as 007.
