Casino Royale Fire
Casino Royale is the 21st entry in the official James Bond film series and marked the debut of Daniel Craig as Agent 007. The 2006 film, which rebooted the series, follows Bond (recently. Casino Royale was a 1967 big-budget spoof of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel of the same name. This film is not considered part of the official James Bond film series, as EON Productions did not have the rights to this title at the time. Vesper Lynd was a fictional HM Treasury liaison officier who appeared in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, portrayed by French actress Eva Green. Green subsequently provided her likeness for the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace, the 2015 James Bond film Spectre, and Activision's 2008 video game Quantum of Solace. The character is the official adaptation of the literary character.
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Casino Royale was a 1967 big-budget spoof of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel of the same name. This film is not considered part of the official James Bond film series, as EON Productions did not have the rights to this title at the time. Daniel Craig made his debut of Bond in the official EON feature film adaptation that premiered in 2006.
The following weapons were used in the film Casino Royale (1967):
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Beretta M1934
Jimmy Bond/Dr. Noah (Woody Allen) has a Beretta M1934 hanging in his lair. Vesper Lynd (Ursula Andress) later holds a nickel plated M1934 on Bond. In a cameo role, George Raft is seen with a Beretta M1934, telling a David McCallum lookalike the gun malfunctioned and fired backwards, killing himself.
Colt M1911A1
Several thugs are also seen with M1911A1 pistols.
Luger P08
When Evelyn Tremble (Peter Sellers) is being outfitted as another 'James Bond', a Luger P08 can be spotted among the pistols distributed to the agents.
Mauser C96
A hitman during the finale fires a Mauser C96 at Bond in the casino.
Walther P38
As 'James Bond', Evelyn Tremble (Peter Sellers) carries a Walther P38, notably using it to shoot at Miss Goodthighs (Jacqueline Bisset) when she appears in his hotel room. Several thugs also carry P38s as does a dead German officer in the spy school. At the end also Chic (Chic Murray) holds this gun.
Colt New Service
One of the Americans fires a Colt New Service during the final fight scene inside Casino Royale.
Casino Royale Firework Box
Webley Mk VI
Strangely, one of the American cowboys fires a Webley Mk VI during the final fight scene inside Casino Royale.
unidentified revolvers
One of Le Chiffre's men (Vladek Sheybal, who also starred in the official Bond film From Russia With Love as Kronsteen, four years earlier) and two thugs during the finale fire revolvers.
These appear to be Smith & Wesson M1917's.
Sterling L2A3 SMG
James Bond (David Niven) grabs a Sterling SMG, using it while facing Dr. Noah's guards until he is disarmed by Dr. Noah/Jimmy Bond (Woody Allen). Dr. Noah's female assassins all have Sterlings as well.
Scottish bagpipes shooting
Vesper Lynd (Ursula Andress) used unidentified submachine gun hidden in the Scottish bagpipes.
Winchester Model 1873
The Americans arrive at Casino Royale, all on horseback and carrying a Winchester Model 1873.
Double-barreled shotgun
While hunting in Scotland, Sir James Bond (David Niven) fires a side-by-side shotgun, reloading it several times and using it to shoot down the bombs disguised as birds aiming for him.
Casino Royale Firearms
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Yes, Daniel Craig makes a superb Bond: Leaner, more taciturn, less sex-obsessed, able to be hurt in body and soul, not giving a damn if his martini is shaken or stirred. That doesn't make him the 'best' Bond, because I've long since given up playing that pointless ranking game; Sean Connery was first to plant the flag, and that's that. But Daniel Craig is bloody damned great as Bond, in a movie that creates a new reality for the character.
Year after year, attending the new Bond was like observing a ritual. There was the opening stunt sequence that served little purpose, except to lead into the titles; the title song; Miss Moneypenny; M with an assignment of great urgency to the Crown; Q with some new gadgets; an archvillain; a series of babes, some treacherous, some doomed, all frequently in stages of undress; the villain's master-plan; Bond's certain death, and a lot of chases. It could be terrific, it could be routine, but you always knew about where you were in the formula.
With 'Casino Royale,' we get to the obligatory concluding lovey-dovey on the tropical sands, and then the movie pulls a screeching U-turn and starts up again with the most sensational scene I have ever seen set in Venice, or most other places. It's a movie that keeps on giving.
This time, no Moneypenny, no Q and Judi Dench is unleashed as M, given a larger role, and allowed to seem hard-eyed and disapproving to the reckless Bond. This time, no dream of world domination, but just a bleeding-eyed rat who channels money to terrorists. This time a poker game that is interrupted by the weirdest trip to the parking lot I've ever seen. This time, no laser beam inching up on Bond's netherlands, but a nasty knotted rope actually whacking his hopes of heirs.
And this time, no Monte Carlo, but Montenegro, a fictional casino resort, where Bond checks into the 'Hotel Splendid,' which is in fact, yes, the very same Grand Hotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary where Queen Latifah had her culinary vacation in 'Last Holiday.' That gives me another opportunity to display my expertise on the Czech Republic by informing you that 'Pupp' is pronounced 'poop,' so no wonder it's the Splendid.
I never thought I would see a Bond movie where I cared, actually cared, about the people. But I care about Bond, and about Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), even though I know that (here it comes) a Martini Vesper is shaken, not stirred. Vesper Lynd, however, is definitely stirring, as she was in Bertolucci's wonderful 'The Dreamers.' Sometimes shaken, too. Vesper and James have a shower scene that answers, at last, why nobody in a Bond movie ever seems to have any real emotions.