Logic ended up paid little heed in the pursuit of comedy.
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.
