Climax!: Season 1, Episode 3Casino Royale (21 Oct. 1954)American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions. Director:William H. Brown Jr. |
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Climax!: Season 1, Episode 3Casino Royale (21 Oct. 1954)American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions. Director:William H. Brown Jr. |
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Eugene Borden | ... |
Chef de Parte
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Jean Del Val | ... |
Croupier
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Gene Roth | ... |
Le Chiffre's Henchman
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Kurt Katch | ... |
Le Chiffre's Henchman
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William Lundigan | ... |
Himself - Host
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American Combined Intelligence Agency spy James Bond aka Jimmy Bond arrives at the Casino Royale in Monte Carlo, Monaco but is shot at whilst entering. He meets up with British Secret Service secret agent Clarence Leiter (this character was called Felix Leiter in the original Ian Fleming novel). He briefs Bond about his mission then Bond runs into old flame Valerie Mathis (she is an amalgam of the Vesper Lynd and Rene Mathis characters from the novel). She introduces him to Le Chiffre who is the Chief Soviet Agent in the area and is nearly always accompanied by three henchman called Basil, Zoltan and Zuroff. Le Chiffre has been gambling with the Soviet funds of his employers and he's down several million francs. Bond's mission is to beat him at a high-stakes card game of Baccarat so Le Chiffre will be ruined. Written by Jamie Skinner
This was a surprisingly accurate adaptation of part of Fleming's novel and is the debut of Bond on film. There took a few minor *ahem* liberties with the nationality of our favorite superspy and this is a TV movie from the 1950's. If you're lucky enough to ever see this, you won't really be thinking about that. You'll be like wow, I can't believe I actually got to see this!