Casino Royale is a movie directed by William H. Brown Jr. in 1954 and based on the book of the same name by Ian Fleming, first published in 1953. The movie features William Lundigan, Barry Nelson, Peter Lorre, Linda Christian, Michael Pate, Eugene Borden, and others.
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Storyline
James Bond comes under fire from an assassin: he manages to dodge the bullets and enters Casino Royale. While Bond explains the rules of baccarat, Leiter explains Bond’s mission: to defeat Le Chiffre at baccarat and force his Soviet spymasters to ‘retire’ him. Bond then encounters a former lover, Valerie Mathis, who is Le Chiffre’s current girlfriend; he also meets Le Chiffre himself.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
1954
Minutes
52
Movie Rate
5.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
Casino Royale
Original title: Climax!: Casino Royale
Director: William H. Brown Jr.
Country: USA
Year: 1954
Length: 52m
Year
1953
Pages
192
Book Rate
7.48
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Book
Casino Royale
Author: Ian Fleming
Country: UK
First published in: 1953
Length: 192 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: James Bond Original Series
Other screen adaptations of the book
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Movie by Michael Apted
Movie by Lee Tamahori
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Movie by Sam Mendes
Movie by Sam Mendes
Movie by Cary Joji Fukunaga
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“When a book is adapted into a film, it's obvious that not everything can fit and, in addition, the story must be given a rhythm because it's a different kind of narrative.”
MANEL LOUEIRO (Writer)
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