BOND: CASINO ROYALE(1954):
The first ever James Bond film! This was part of
the Climax! Mystery Theater live anthology series
in 1954! Of course it's black and white, and really
tame compared to the movies to follow! But for
its time it was great fun! And light years greater
than the movie of the same name from 1968!
Starring Barry Nelson and Peter Lorre!! B
From IMDb.com:
Not only is this a fairly faithful adaption of Ian
Fleming's original Bond story, but it's an excellent
example of early, live television - dropped lines,
missed cue's, miss-timed squibs and sound
effects... the whole 9 yards.
Peter Lorrie is amazing as LeChiffre.
You can find this gem on the 2002 DVD release
of "Casino Royale ('67)" - The Doctor-3
Barry Nelson ... James Bond
Peter Lorre ... Le Chiffre
Linda Christian ... Valerie Mathis
Michael Pate ... Clarence Leiter
Eugene Borden ... Chef de Parte
Jean Del Val ... Croupier (as Jean DeVal)
Gene Roth ... Le Chiffre's Henchman
Kurt Katch ... Le Chiffre's Henchman
William Lundigan ... Himself - Host
BOND: CASINO ROYALE(1968):
Bond! James Bond!
Ok, this isn't the best of the Bonds! As a matter
of fact, it truely is the God's Awful worst!!!!! What
a phenomenal cast in a phenomenal flop! It does,
however have two of the greatest songs in Bond
films, Casino Royale(by Herb Alpert) and The Look
Of Love(by Dusty Springfield!!)
Instead of SPECTRE, we have SMERSH! No definition
for the letters!
However, no Bond collection is complete without
it! So, here it is! D+
From another reviewer at Amazon:
John Huston was only one of five directors on this
expensive, all-star 1967 spoof of Ian Fleming's 007
lore. David Niven is the aging Sir James Bond, called
out of retirement to take on the organized threat of
SMERSH and pass on the secret-agent mantle to his
idiot son (Woody Allen). An amazing cast (Orson
Welles, Peter Sellers, Deborah Kerr, etc.) is wonderful
to look at, but the film is not as funny as it should
be, and the romping starts to look mannered after
awhile. The musical score by Burt Bacharach, however,
is a keeper. --Tom Keogh
Peter Sellers ... Evelyn Tremble / James Bond / 007
Ursula Andress ... Vesper Lynd / 007
David Niven ... Sir James Bond
Orson Welles ... Le Chiffre
Joanna Pettet ... Mata Bond
Daliah Lavi ... The Detainer / 007
Woody Allen ... Dr. Noah / Jimmy Bond
Deborah Kerr ... Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry
William Holden ... Ransome
Charles Boyer ... Le Grand
John Huston ... McTarry / M
Kurt Kasznar ... Smernov
George Raft ... Himself
Jean-Paul Belmondo ... French Legionnaire (as Jean Paul Belmondo)
Terence Cooper ... Cooper / James Bond / 007
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Music playing is:
Theme From James Bond:
Casino Royale: 1968!:
by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass