Ursula Andress seven years. In Italy, she starred opposite Marcello Mastroianni in the science fiction movie "The 10th Victim" (1965). She returned to Hollywood to play George Peppard's love interest in the World War One film, "The Blue Max" (1966), another success at the box office. Andress made her second film for Seven Arts: another with Derek, who again starred and directed, "Once Before I Die" (1966), shot in the Philippines. More widely seen was the Bond satire "Casino Royale" (1967), also produced by Feldman, where Andress played Vesper Lynd, an occasional spy who persuades Evelyn Tremble, played by Peter Sellers, to
Bond girl in the 1950s. Vesper Lynd, Gala Brand, Tatiana Romanova, Mary Ann Russell, and Mary Goodnight are in intelligence or law-enforcement work. Those who are criminals, such as Tiffany Case and Pussy Galore, tend to be similarly independent-minded in how they approach their work—the latter even running her own syndicate. Even those Bond girls who have more conventional or glamorous jobs show themselves to be invested in having an independent outlook on life. While the Bond girls are clearly intended as sex objects, they are nevertheless portrayed in the novels as having a high degree of independence; this is also frequently