It's therefore all the more disappointing that this film was a critical flop. Feldman, and directed by Val Guest, this is a film which features a top-billed cast, with names such as David Niven, Peter Sellers, William Holden, Orson Welles, and Woody Allen, to name but a few. Casino Royale (1967) is a rogue production, and, as a result, it fails to be taken seriously as true 'Bond' matter.
As a fan of pure Bond, that is to say the 'official' Bond film series under the direction of the Broccoli family, this is a film I usually would mention in hushed tones.