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Unheralded anniversary: CBS Casino Royale's 60th

AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
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This week (Oct. 21 to be precise) was the 60th anniversary of the CBS live broadcast of Casino Royale.

It was the third broadcast of Climax!, a weekly one-hour show. The first was an adaptation of The Long Goodbye, starring Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe. Climax! adapted a number of literary properties.

http://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/casino-royale-1954-a-reappraisal/

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  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Thanks for bringing that to our attention. Sorry that you got no replies to now. I really need to make a point of watching this at some time. :)
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    I've seen it. It's hard to love it but I think that, given the lack of an EON template at the time they made this, they pulled it off nicely. Lorre was great as LeChiffre and both Michael Pate and Linda Christian perform pretty well.
  • ggl007ggl007 www.archivo007.com Spain, España
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    First James Bond on screen. This is a Must. ;)
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    It is great for the time. It's even more interesting to watch after seeing The Shining. :P
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
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    Murdock wrote: »
    It is great for the time. It's even more interesting to watch after seeing The Shining. :P

    "He murdered his whole family."
    "Yeah he tried to kill me!"
  • timmertimmer
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    And Bond and Valerie Mathis live happily ever after :x

    Trivia: Linda Christian was the original Bond girl and the original Mathis.

    Love that Charles Leiter.

    Lorre did make an excellent Le Chiffre.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    edited November 2014 Posts: 5,080
    I like Calvin Dyson's suggestion of switching Nelson and Michael Pate, so that Nelson played Leiter and Pate, Bond. Would have vastly improved the show for me.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    MayDayDiVicenzo wrote: »
    I like Calvin Dyson's suggestion of switching Nelson and Michael Pate, so that Nelson played Leiter and Pate, Bond. Would have vastly improved the show for me.


    Yes, it was an Americanised take on Bond so the roles were switched with Leiter being the British agent.
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