Ian Fleming's Casino Royale (1953) Pt3

This is the first ever screen adaption of a Bond novel, made in 1953 for US TV. The hero is played by Barry Nelson (changed to Jimmy Bond of the CIA) and the villain is played by Peter Lorre (better known for the successful 'Mr Moto' movies). Because of this adaption, when Eon productions bought the rights to Fleming's Bond 007 in the 1960s, the couldn't get Casino Royale as part of the deal. This led to the 1967 spoof version being made, starring Peter Sellers and David Niven. Many years later, Kevin McClory had obtained the rights to Casino Royale for Sony Pictures, and intended to make his own version of it separate from Eon. However, after a large lawsuit, the rights finally went to Eon as part of an out of court settlement in 2000. Finally, Eon were able to give the novel the full movie treatment in their own version, starring Daniel Craig, a few years later.

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[Jur4ssicPark]

Barry Nelson is the best, he would have been in further television outings, these would have been From A View to a Kill, For Your Eyes Only and Risico, all follow-ups to Casino Royale, however these would fall through and become recycled into short stories by Ian Fleming.

[JAYSCLASS]

Thanks for the upload. I've wanted to watch this for quite a while.

[inflamez6x3]

@ciroalb3 I agree this bond isn't as good as Connery and I'm sure Casino Royale was made instead of Dr. No it would have been better than this movie. Still I think this movie is much better than the modern James Bond and modern Casino Royale. Now they are so action pack and over the top and this bond has more personality than Danial Craig who is a terrible Bond.

[ciroalb3]

@LarnaDennis This shows that 007 was really invented by Connery and the film producers, as in some way were the villains. Bond is not really fleshed out in the books as he came to be in the films. Perhaps that's why Fleming sold the rights for so little. But why does Leiter have more of a British accent than Bond?

[streetswell]

The name is Bland...James Bland.

[LarnaDennis]

The only thing wrong with this is the Bond. I just can't understand his hair. I love Peter Lorre. He excels in evil and has a face for nothing else. This is great!

[IndyLives]

COOL

[kevjev]

Almost nothing like the book. Terrible Bond. The only thing worth watching is the girl