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21st October 2020
On the anniversary of its broadcast, watch Casino Royale with its original ending
The performance on 21st October 1954 (8.30pm EST) was the first in CBS's 'Climax' series of dramas. CBS brought the rights for Fleming's first book for $1000. Nelson played James Bond as an American named 'card sense' Jimmy Bond; the program also featured Peter. This Casino Royale is the first screen performance of James Bond and the first adaptation of the Ian Fleming novel of the same name. In this live television broadcast from from 1954 we are introduced to James Bond before he liked his martini shaken not stirred.
For many viewers who have seen the 1954 live television production of Casino Royale on a home media format, the credits rolled with James Bond slumped in his chair after 50 minutes. This is not how the original production ended back on October 21st, 1954.
Two minutes of the original production was curtailed from the version that had a wide release through MGM and bonus features over the years.
The complete version restores the final confrontation between Bond and Le Chiffre in which Bond comes out victorious, and there is a traditional Bond ending 'with a kiss' and then the announcer appears for a message before the credits (as originally broadcast).
Presented below is the version released by MGM, followed by the additional two minutes missing from home releases.
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