Casino Royale (1967)
1 plot hole
Directed by: John Huston, Ken Hughes, Val Guest, Robert Parrish, Richard Talmadge, Joseph McGrath
Starring: Woody Allen, John Huston, David Niven, Peter Sellers, William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Orson Welles, Ursula Andress
Factual error: When M and his entourage arrive at Bond's estate, their cars are surrounded by sheep. They then drive on down an unsurfaced road to Bond's house, past a pride of lions he keeps on the grounds. A series of sweeping overhead shots shows us that it is all one huge field, with no fences or the like. Those sheep aren't going to last very long.
Vesper Lynd: Never trust a rich spy.
Trivia: Casino Royale was the only film where James Bond dies until the release of No Time to Die over 50 years later.
Question: At the beginning, M and agents representing the USA, Soviet Union and France try to convince James Bond to come out of retirement. Bond steadfastly refuses; whereupon, M lights his cigar as a signal for British troops in the distance to destroy Bond's estate with mortar fire (M is accidentally killed in the mortar attack). But what was the purpose of destroying Bond's estate? Wouldn't that action only drive Bond further away from rejoining the spy corps? Why would the British government go to such lengths to punish Bond? And then why did Bond return to the secret service, anyway, after such treachery?
Answer: Given that this is a comedy, the thinking was probably "Well, we'll just blow up your retirement so you've got no choice but to come out of it."
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