Worse than that imagine if he was an American character ? I do apologise I didn't mean to make you faint Some people have said this live American TV production deserves some credit for at least sticking to the plot of the original novel which is not something you can say about the films that started going their own way even before the end of the 1960s.

Now imagine a James Bond story without any of these icons.

We all know Bond is the most successful film franchise in history and we all recognise the icons, the babes, the exotic locations, the gadgets, the big set piece stunts etc of a franchise featuring a very British fictional hero. It was 1954 after all, but it did star successful actors Peter Lorre and Linda Christian.Īlthough most of the lines and quotes from the movie can be found in its transcript, while transcribing, I noticed that one exchange between the main villain Le Chiffre (played by Lorre) and his henchmen Zuroff (played by an uncredited actor) is totally indecipherable.Īt around 18 minutes and 40 seconds into the movie, the scene cuts to a conversation between Le Chiffre, Zuroff and Valerie Mathis (portrayed by Linda Christian), and we can see Zuroff and Le Chiffre’s mouths moving and Valerie’s move at least to say on word, but no audible voices are heard.I don't think it was until the internet era that I found out an obscure trivia fact and that was the first media appearance of Ian Fleming's James Bond wasn't Sean Connery in DR NO but Barry Nelson in an American anthology series called CLIMAX which adapted CASINO ROYALE. Set as an episodic entry in the CBS TV show Climax!, it stars Barry Nelson as an American (!) secret agent ‘Jimmy’ Bond who is tasked with bankrupting a Soviet villain, Le Chiffre, at a baccarat game (plot sound familiar?) It’s short in length (~50 minutes) and relatively forgettable, aside from a few choice quotes and its notoriety of being “the first.”Īside from that, its production value is relatively low, with several stuttered lines and blatant sound/mic issues. Casino Royale (TV – 1954) is the first on-screen portrayal of the James Bond character, before the first official movie, Dr.

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