Passes the Bechdel test

Casino Royale

Name: Casino Royale
Released: 2006

2006. Directed by Martin Campbell, written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade and Paul Haggis.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
17 women characters. 15 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 114.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.

The film

James Bond (Daniel Craig) goes on his first mission as a 00. Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) is a banker to the world's terrorists. He is participating in a poker game at Montenegro, where he must win back his money, in order to stay safe amongst the terrorist market. The boss of MI6, known simply as "M" (Dame Judi Dench) sends Bond, along with Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. Bond, using help from Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright), Rene Mathis (Giancarlo Giannini), and having Vesper pose as his partner, enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career. But if Bond defeats Le Chiffre, will he and Vesper Lynd remain safe?

Released: 17 Nov 2006
Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 8 / 10
Metascore: 80 / 100
Awards: Won 1 BAFTA Award. 28 wins & 44 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Bond 118 lines, man
Vesper 62 lines, woman
M 32 lines
Mathis 26 lines, man
Le Chiffre 22 lines, man
James 12 lines, man
Solange 12 lines, woman
Dealer 7 lines
Mendel 7 lines, man
Dimitrios 6 lines, man

Full cast, 76 people

Daniel Craig as James Bond
Eva Green as Vesper Lynd
Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre
Judi Dench as M
Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter
Giancarlo Giannini as Mathis
Caterina Murino as Solange
Simon Abkarian as Alex Dimitrios
Isaach de Bankolé as Steven Obanno
Jesper Christensen as Mr. White
Ivana Miličević as Valenka
Tobias Menzies as Villiers
Claudio Santamaria as Carlos
Sébastien Foucan as Mollaka
Malcolm Sinclair as Dryden
Richard Sammel as Gettler
Ludger Pistor as Mendel
Joseph Millson as Carter
Darwin Shaw as Fisher
Clemens Schick as Kratt
Emmanuel Avena as Leo
Tom Chadbon as Stockbroker
Ade as Infante
Urbano Barberini as Tomelli
Tsai Chin as Madame Wu
Charlie Levi Leroy as Gallardo
Lazar Ristovski as Kaminofsky
Tom So as Fukutu
Veruschka von Lehndorff as Gräfin von Wallenstein
Andreas Daniel as Dealer
Carlos Leal as Tournament Director
Christina Cole as Ocean Club Receptionist
Jürgen Tarrach as Schultz
John Gold as Card Player
Jerry Inzerillo as Card Player
Diane Hartford as Card Player
Jessica Miller as Dealer
Leo Stransky as Tall Man
Paul Bhattacharjee as Hot Room Doctor
Crispin Bonham-Carter as Hot Room Doctor
Simon Cox as Hot Room Technician
Rebecca Gethings as Hot Room Technician
Peter Notley as MI6 Technician
John Chancer as Police Commander
Peter Brooke as Airport Policeman
Jason Durran as Airport Policeman
Robert Jezek as Arresting Officer
Robert G. Slade as Pilot
Félicité Du Jeu as French News Reporter
Michaela Ochotská as Shop Assistant
Michael Offei as Obanno's Lieutenant
Makhoudia Diaw as Obanno's Liaison
Michael G. Wilson as Chief of Police
Martina Duravolá as Police Chief's Girlfriends
Marcela Martincáková as Police Chief's Girlfriends
Vladimír Kulhavý as Croatian General
Valentine Nonyela as Nambutu Embassy Official
Dušan Pelech as Bartender
Phil Meheux as Treasury Bureaucrat
Alessandra Ambrosio as Tennis Girl
Veronika Hladikova as Tennis Girl
Regina Gabajová as Hotel Splendide Clerk
Olutunji Ebun-Cole as Cola Kid
Martin Učík as Barman
Vlastina Svátková as Waitress
Miroslav Šimůnek as Disapproving Man
Ivan G'Vera as Venice Hotel Concierge
Jirí Lenc as Hotel Splendide Limo Driver
Jaroslav Jankovsky as Hermitage Waiter
Richard Branson as Man at Airport Security (uncredited)
Martin Campbell as Airport Worker (uncredited)
Tara Cardinal as Woman in Casino (uncredited)
Ben Cooke as MI6 Agent (uncredited)
Simona Roman as Dossier Girl (uncredited)
Greg Bennett as Airport Driver, Miami (uncredited)
Alexander Hathaway as British Ambassador (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 27% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 114

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	1	1
4 to 6	0	10
7 to 9	1	2
10 to 12	0	3
13 to 15	0	0
16 to 18	0	6
19 to 21	0	9
22 to 24	0	0
25 to 27	3	4
28 to 30	0	8
31 to 33	13	16
34 to 36	0	1
37 to 39	0	0
40 to 42	0	0
43 to 45	0	1
46 to 48	0	1
49 to 51	0	3
52 to 54	0	0
55 to 57	0	0
58 to 60	0	2
61 to 63	10	16
64 to 66	10	10
67 to 69	5	16
70 to 72	6	33
73 to 75	2	4
76 to 78	0	7
79 to 81	0	3
82 to 84	5	19
85 to 87	0	2
88 to 90	0	2
91 to 93	1	3
94 to 96	8	23
97 to 99	3	22
100 to 102	10	11
103 to 105	12	9
106 to 108	0	11
109 to 111	2	5
112 to 114	0	7

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scene

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

VESPER SD: --drug induced oe S) edne to heal. FLASHES of blurred ima piste now interrupt the VESPER: PAD Me the doctor.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 25 are women's.

92 lines from women, 270 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

17 women and 48 men in the cast. 15 women and 55 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

A woman speaks the first line. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 38 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 23% of the words (1,499), men 77% (5,157). Women have 25% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

7 of the 19 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Martin Campbell (man)
Written by: Robert Wade (man), Paul Haggis (man), Neal Purvis (man)
From the novel by: Ian Fleming (man)
Produced by: Michael G. Wilson (man), Barbara Broccoli (woman)
Shot by: Phil Meheux (man)
Edited by: Stuart Baird (man)
Music by: David Arnold (man)
Production design by: Peter Lamont (man)
Costumes by: Lindy Hemming (woman)
Cast by: Debbie McWilliams (woman), Heather Carey (gender not listed), Camilla-Valentine Isola (woman), Béatrice Kruger (woman), Vanessa Baker (woman), Annette Borgmann (woman) and 1 more