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[thecasinoroyale]

Morning all - thought I'd share an exciting bit of Bond history, in that Sky Movies 007 HD, channel 303, is showing the Barry Nelson American adaptation of 'Casino Royale' from 1954 in all it's retro, black and white glory.

It's showing first on Sunday 14th October at 7pm.

I can't wait to see this - I've only read about this over the last few years, so can't wait to see the real first screen adaptation of James Bond, ingoring the fact he will be American.

[JCRendle]

Thanks for this tcr, will have to remember to put this in my planner!

[Major Tallon]

If you get past the notion that our hero is an American called "Cardsense Jimmy Bond," this version is actually pretty decent.

[thecasinoroyale]

Haha...thanks for the heads up Major! I look forward to seeing it...!

[JCRendle]

Is this the version where a dead man walks, thinking the camera was no longer on him?

[thecasinoroyale]

Sounds great already...haha!

[Major Tallon]

Is this the version where a dead man walks, thinking the camera was no longer on him?

Supposedly Peter Lorre's LeChiffre does this, but I've seen the ending, and it doesn't happen. An urban myth, I'm afraid.

[AMC Hornet]

The full film is available for viewing on YouTube, although you still have to watch the ending seperately.

[S K Y F A L L]

I got the CR 67 dvd simply because it also had the original 54 CR on it as a special feature, sweet deal.

[TheLazenby]

Is this EVER coming out on DVD with the full ending? Seems silly not to, but MGM keeps tossing around that damn cropped version....

But anyway.... why the hell does everyone lean on that 'Card Sense Jimmy Bond' thing? I mean, he's called that ONCE. He's just 'James Bond' for the rest of the movie, as well as the credits.

[triviachamp]

Is this the version where a dead man walks, thinking the camera was no longer on him?

Supposedly Peter Lorre's LeChiffre does this, but I've seen the ending, and it doesn't happen. An urban myth, I'm afraid.

Seems the (lost?) episode aired two weeks earlier featured this blooper and got confused with CR.

[Walecs]

My grandma watched it and two weeks ago she said it was the worst Bond movie she ever watched (and she has watched both Octopussy and DAD, though she has never seen QoS).

Edited by Walecs, 14 October 2012 - 08:03 AM.

[JCRendle]

MGM keeps tossing around that damn cropped version...

Is the version on Sky Movies 007 cropped or uncropped?

[thecasinoroyale]

I'm not sure, I've seen neither! But it's 48 minutes I believe...

[thecasinoroyale]

Well, just watched it....it's not THAT bad, considering the context is was filmed for, a serial thriller adaptation for 1 hour.

'Cardsense' Jimmy Bond is only mentioned once, and from then it's James Bond, or Mister Bond, all very classic.

A bit slow towards the end, but a decent little Bond ditty that introuced the US audiences to the CIA Agent James Bond and his British Intelligence friend Letter.

....hang on a minute....



...never mind, anyway - it's not 007, but it's a decent little film noir-eque adptation for TV. The ending is a bit sudden and lacks a decent title song, but it as the 50s.

Oh, there's no gunbarrel or pre-titles...



.... hang on a minute... never mind.

[SILVERTOE]

I saw this on sky the other week, and it ended earlier then my VHS version which is in the loft somewhere......

 

My VHS version ends where they are making a telephone call to the police, is this the complete version or not please?

[larrythefatcat]

"Call the police" is NOT the ending.

 

The full version has Le Chiffre grabbing Valerie and threatening to kill her with a razor blade if Bond doesn't let him go...

 

There are a few strange edits in the video, but it's on YouTube:

 

Edited by larrythefatcat, 03 March 2013 - 06:34 PM.

[Double-0-Seven]

I've got the Spyguise VHS with the original ending (though you can tell the ending is from a different, lesser quality source), and the old Casino Royale '67 DVD which has it as a bonus feature albeit without the ending. Not a bad effort I must say for the first James Bond adaptation. I really enjoy it. 

 

Some of the dialogue could have been in later Bond films:

"Aren't you the fellow who was shot?"

"No, I'm the fellow who was missed."

[SILVERTOE]

Thanks very much, it is strange how the memory plays tricks, as i could have sworn the VHS version i bought back in 1996 ended where you actually saw them with a telephone calling the police, next time i am up in the loft I will have to dig it out, take my video recorder out of moffballs and play it again!

[Shaun Forever]

Le Chiffre reminds me of Tim Healy from Auf Wiedersehen Pet.