On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Ian Fleming was in Cascais during World War II to drink inspiration from Estoril Casino Spies to write Royale Casino. In the following decade, he returned to the service of his majesty.
When Cascais was the choice of Portuguese royalty for summer retreat, in the late nineteenth century, the seaside village near the capital changed forever.
A “Corte Beach” He grew up and has been gradually becoming in the luxury refuge we know today, with large houses, seaside hotels, restaurants, swimming pools and of course, a casino.
And became accessible to the Lisbon and their usual visitors. If before, the trip to the “Portuguese riviera” took 5 hours, in a carriage pulled by horses, the road and the train reduced it to 40 minutes. Attracted the elite… including the British Ian Fleming.
The writer wrote, in 1953, Casino Royale, drinking inspiration from Bar Estoril, “where spies shared secrets”, ‘giving birth’ to Bond, James Bond, remembers the.
And it would even be Cascais, later to welcome the recordings of the sixth spy movie, Bond On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) or, in Portuguese, 007 – At the service of your majesty.
It was the only feature film in the saga that saw Australian actor George Lazenby in the role of iconic British spy.
