CBS had paid Ian Fleming $1,000 (about $10,000 today) in 1954 to adapt the book into a one-hour TV special, with its screenplay adaptation being written by Charles Bennett, who was known for his collaborations with thriller director Alfred Hitchcock.

In the process, he saves his former lover, Valérie Mathis (a mix of Vesper Lynd and René Mathis), who was posing as Le Chiffre’s girlfriend, and the two escape–a much less grim ending than Fleming’s novel.Ĭasino Royale 1954 arrived only one year after the novel’s release, thus beginning the slew of James Bond actors and adaptations that would follow over the next 70 years. Rather than a SMERSH assassin killing Le Chiffre, 1954’s Casino Royale has Barry Nelson’s James Bond take out the villain himself. The live television episode marked the first on-screen appearance of the iconic 007, following American agent James “Jimmy” Bond as he gambles against Soviet spy Le Chiffre in an attempt to make his leaders “ retire” him. The vinyl package includes 2 printed innersleeve, a large movie poster and features secret inscriptions in the run-out groove.The first official adaptation of Casino Royale wasn’t on the big screen, but rather as a 50-minute television installment of the anthology series Climax! in 1954. The film begins a story arc that continues in the 2008 film, Quantum of Solace.Ĭasino Royale is available as an At The Movies Shop exclusive edition of 250 individually numbered copies on red coloured vinyl.

The plot has Bond on an assignment to bankrupt terrorist financier Le Chiffre in a high-stakes poker game at the Casino Royale in Montenegro Bond falls in love with femme fatale Vesper Lynd, a treasury employee assigned to provide the money he needs for the game. James Bond”.Ĭasino Royale takes place at the beginning of Bond's career as Agent 007, as he is earning his license to kill. The traditional James Bond Theme builds throughout the film before appearing in its full form over the end credits as track 25, “The Name's Bond. Frequent collaborator Nicholas Dodd orchestrated and conducted the score. The soundtrack to the 2006 film Casino Royale was composed by David Arnold and is Arnold's fourth soundtrack for the popular James Bond movie series.

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