It is set as a satire of the James Bond film series and the spy genre, and is loosely based on Ian Flemings first James Bond novel. order that can be awarded to a non-citizen), which was presented to Lt. Casino Royale is a 1967 comedy spy film originally produced by Columbia Pictures starring an ensemble cast of directors and actors. Upon his return to Hollywood after the war he was made a Legionnaire of the Order of Merit (the highest U.S. Despite six years' virtual absence from the screen, he came in second in the 1945 Popularity Poll of British film stars. He did agree to appear in two films during the war, both of strong propaganda value ( Spitfire (1942) and The Way Ahead (1944)). At the outbreak of World War II, although a top-line star, he re-joined the army (Rifle Brigade). David Niven attended Stowe School and Sandhurst Military Academy and served for two years in Malta with the Highland Light Infantry. Following Niven senior's death at Turkey's infamous Suvla Bay, Niven's mother went on to marry his biological father, the Conservative politician Sir Thomas Comyn-Platt, but it was years before the true father/son relationship was acknowledged.
Casino Royale remains a goofball outcast among the Bond movies. of Casino Royale directed by Val Guest and Ken Hughes. Unless you like your Bonds completely straight-faced - the film is funny, in its overindulgent, zany way. James David Graham Niven was born on the feast day of St David. Top-billed Peter Sellers feuded with Orson Welles and quit the film, which meant rewrites, body doubles, and reshoots.