Casino Royale: The first-

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Produced in 1954 for TV, it is the first story ever filmed after a Ian Fleming novel.
The Americanised " Jimmy " Bond is of course a bitter pill to shallow, Peter Lorre as " Le Chiffre " makes a relative good figure, but who wonder there?
The story is following the novel relatively closely, and its sadism, I was surprised at it for a US TV film.
When you compare Hitchcock two years laterTV productions, you will find the same " close- in feeling " claustrophobic I dare to say, but much much more refined.
But this little film, one hour, stand on its own and for a Bond fan more than a curiosity.
And Lorre....

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Topic - Casino Royale: The first- - patrickU 11:20:32 01/12/07 (2)

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