Characters specific to the James Bond parody film Casino Royale (1967).
For the overall James Bond franchise, see here.
Sir James Bond
Played by: David Niven
A legendary British secret agent who had retired from the service, he is forced out of retirement to fight SMERSH, who have been eliminating agents. He is also none too pleased with the "sex maniac" who was given the name of "James Bond" in his place.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: In his first scene he's established as rather weird when he's left to his own devices, but more "wealthy and isolated eccentric" than the traditional character.
- Celibate Hero: While he was apparently a womanizer in his youth like the more well-known version of Bond, it's stated that he became celibate after the death of his great love, Mata Hari (seriously).
- Cool Old Guy: He's James Bond having entered senior age, which hasn't made him any less smooth.
- Kick Chick: Humorous male example. Spends most of the climax kicking random goons in the face.
- Muscles Are Meaningless: Exaggerated; despite his thin build he can break stone spheres that felled muscular highlanders.
- Retired Badass: He is retired from his work at the Secret Service at the beginning of the film. He's called out of it.
- Speech Impediment: He has a noticeable stutter early on in the film. It gets dropped after he returns to the Secret Service, being rather blatantly Hand Waved by having him ask (without any stutter) an operative if he still has a stutter; when the agent says no, he says that it's great, because he doesn't have any time for that.
Evelyn Tremble
Played by: Peter Sellers
Dubbed by: Michel Roux (European French)
A baccarat expert who is recruited by Vesper Lynd under orders of Sir James Bond to beat SMERSH agent Le Chiffre at a game of baccarat.
- Dropped a Bridge on Him: Is killed by Vesper Lynd due to Peter Sellers leaving the production.
Le Chiffre
Played by: Orson Welles
Dubbed by: Georges Aminel (European French)
A SMERSH operative charged with recovering a large sum of their money after he lost it at the baccarat table, eventually returning to the table to try to win back the money.
- Beard of Evil: Le Chiffre wears the beard sported by later-age Orson Welles.
- Fat Bastard: Le Chiffre is a portly man here, which again comes from hiring Orson Welles. Actually Truer to the Text than the physically small Peter Lorre on the Climax! anthology film or the lean, conventionally sexy Mads Mikkelsen in the 2006 movie.
- Wicked Cultured: Well, it turns out he doesn't have an art collection... but it's still Orson Welles in a white tuxedo. He even puts on an improbably elaborate magic show with the following claim:Le Chiffre: I present you with the levitation of Princess Ayisha... an illusion taught to me by an ancient vegetarian in the mountain fastnesses of Tibet...
Jimmy Bond / Dr. Noah
Played by: Woody Allen
Dubbed by: Gérard Hernandez (European French)
Sir James Bond's bumbling nephew, also a British spy, assigned to the Caribbean. He developed a severe inferiority complex due to being unfavorably compared to his uncle.
- Evil Is Petty: His plan and its ultimate goal? Release a biological bomb that will kill all men over 4 ft 6 in tall (i.e. his height) just so it can leave him the "big man" who gets all the girls.
- I Have You Now, My Pretty: He kidnaps The Detainer and keeps her strapped to a cot completely nude, with only the cot's wide metal restraints providing her modesty. He even tells her point-blank that he kidnapped her because he thought she was the most beautiful out of the female agents in Sir James's new team of agents and tries to convince her to join his side.The Detainer: And is this how you treat the women you desire?Jimmy Bond: Yes! Yes, I remove their clothing and tie them up, yes. I learned that in the Boy Scouts.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: He is eventually done when The Detainer poisons him with his own atomic pill.
- Robosexuals Are Creeps: Besides having made robot doubles of all of the world's leaders, he also made one of the agents opposing him, including The Detainer. He then sheepishly explains that, having a Villainous Crush on The Detainer, he took advantage of that... and it's implied that it was not in a chaste way.Jimmy Bond: I copied her down to the last... the two of us have had some... profoundly moving religious experiences.
- Villainous Crush: He admits that kidnapping the Detainer didn't have much to do with his plan; he just did it because he found her the most attractive out of Sir James's female operatives, and tries to convince her to join his side.
Vesper Lynd
Played by: Ursula Andress
A former MI-6 secret agent who has since become a multi-millionaire. Sir James Bond, after assuming the position of M, head of MI-6, bribes her into returning to the service to recruit baccarat expert Evelyn Tremble into stopping Le Chiffre.
- Casting Gag: Ursula Andress already played a Bond Girl, Honeychile "Honey" Ryder, in the first Eon Productions series film, Dr. No.
Moneypenny
Played by: Barbara Bouchet
The secretary to the head of the British Secret Service. This Moneypenny, however, is actually the daughter of a previous Moneypenny, the one Sir James Bond worked with.
- Legacy Character: She's actually the daughter of the Moneypenny Sir James Bond worked with.
- Same Language Dub: Her lines were looped by another, uncredited actress.
The Detainer
Played by: Daliah Lavi
An agent of the British Secret Service who is kidnapped by Dr. Noah.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Aside from being one of the agents renamed "James Bond", she's only known as "The Detainer", her given name never been revealed.
- Go-Go Enslavement: She's kidnapped by Dr. Noah and strapped naked to a cot, with only wide, strategically-placed metal straps covering her modesty.
- Ms. Fanservice: Her most famous scene has her being naked on a cot, with only the cot's wide metal straps conveniently covering her. Dr. Noah even says that he kidnapped her because he found her the most attractive of Sir James's female operatives.
- Strapped to an Operating Table: Dr. Noah has the Detainer strapped naked to a cot (with only wide, strategically-placed metal straps covering her). His intentions are strictly lustful.The Detainer: And is this how you treat the women you desire?Dr. Noah: Yes! Yes, I remove their clothing and tie them up, yes. I learned that in the Boy Scouts.
Mata Bond
Played by: Joanna Pettet
The estranged daughter of Sir James Bond, born of his love affair with Mata Hari (yes, that Mata Hari). Bond persuades Mata to become an intelligence operative.
- Anachronism Stew: She's the daughter of Bond by Mata Hari, who was executed in 1917. The daughter is played by a 25-year old Joanna Pettet, but she would have to be 50 at least. But then, this movie is not at all logical or linear.
Giovanna Goodthighs
Played by: Jacqueline Bisset
A SMERSH operative and assassin in the employ of Le Chiffre who attempts to kill Evelyn Tremble at Casino Royale in a bid to prevent him from bankrupting her employer.
- Punny Name: Steals the habit of the Eon series to name the Bond girls with evocative words.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: She isn't seen again after Evelyn drinks the spiked drink. When Evelyn asks what became of her after Vesper Lynd wakes him up, Vesper only remarks that she "took care of her", implying some Uncertain Doom, but with the later reveal that Vesper was also working for Le Chiffre's side, it could also be that she just let her go.
Agent Mimi / "Lady Fiona McTarry"
Played by: Deborah Kerr
When Sir James Bond travels to Scotland to return M's remains (it's a long story), he finds M's grieving widow, Lady Fiona McTarry. However, the real Lady Fiona has actually been replaced by SMERSH's Agent Mimi. After attempts by a bevy of beauties to seduce Bond and thus discredit him by destroying his "celibate image" fail, Mimi/Lady Fiona becomes so impressed with Bond that she changes loyalties and helps Bond to foil the plot against him.
- Casting Gag: The Scottish "Lady Fiona McTarry" is revealed to be the French Agent Mimi, but is played by the actual Scottish Deborah Kerr.
- Heel–Face Turn: She's revealed to be one of SMERSH's agents sent to embarrass and discredit Sir James Bond, but upon seeing that he is really able to back up his legendary status, she changes loyalties and helps Bond to foil the plot against him.
Inspector/Lieutenant Mathis
Played by: Duncan Macrae
Inspector Mathis: Yes?
Tremble: There's something that's been worrying me. Uh, you're a French police officer, and yet you have a Scots accent.
Mathis: Aye... it worries me too.
A French police inspector employed by the Special Police, sent to assist Evelyn Tremble.
- Unexplained Accent: Is supposed to be a French police inspector, yet speaks with a Scottish accent (his actor's own). Tremble lampshades this, saying that it troubles him that despite being a Frenchman, Mathis speaks with a Scottish accent. Equally puzzled, Mathis responds in a strong Scottish brogue that it troubles him too.note
