It also starred Woody Allen as young Jimmy Bond (his 'disappointing' nephew), Peter Sellers as Evelyn Tremble a.k.a. Notably, it includes David Niven as the one-and-only original Sir James Bond - Niven was Fleming's first choice for the part before Connery made it his own - as well as Ursula Andress's second appearance in a Bond movie, this time as both the Bond girl and James Bond. Logic ended up paid little heed in the pursuit of comedy. 1967's Casino Royale was an unholy mess of a spoof, with no less than eight Bonds (nine including Sean Connery, who does not appear but receives a Shout-Out) and invoked almost as many directors.In turn Leiter was changed from American to British. It starred Barry Nelson as 'Jimmy' Bond and Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre. While it has the honor of being the first James Bond production outside a book, it Americanized everything including Bond himself, as well as greatly simplifying the story.

1954's Casino Royale was an episode made for the American Climax! TV series produced by CBS.The three different adaptations are as follows: The idea behind it is to cripple the Russian spy organization SMERSH, whom Le Chiffre is working for.įleming sold the rights to the novel separately from the rest of the main film series, which is the reason that it took so long for Eon Productions a proper theatrical adaptation of it. The plot follows Bond, as he is tasked to bankrupt a man named Le Chiffre in a card game at the eponymous casino. Ian Fleming's very first James Bond novel, published in 1953.

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