Why isn't Ratoff’s name on the Dr. No poster? Because when he relinquished the general rights, he only kept Casino Royale .
Looking back, Gregory Ratoff relinquishing the Bond rights was the single best thing to happen to 007. Ratoff saw Bond as a one-off comedy. Broccoli and Saltzman saw a dynasty. gregory ratoff james bond rights relinquished
When we think of the men who controlled the fate of James Bond, names like Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli, Harry Saltzman, and Kevin McClory immediately spring to mind. But before the gunbarrel sequence ever existed, the film rights to Ian Fleming’s literary sensation were held by an unlikely character: a boisterous, Russian-born actor-director named Gregory Ratoff. Why isn't Ratoff’s name on the Dr