History Literature / CasinoRoyale

* 2023's ''Casino Royale'', a [[TheMusical musical]] by Creator/TakarazukaRevue. Makaze Suzuho became the first woman ever to play Bond in an official manner.

Fleming sold the rights to the novel separately from the rest of the [[Film/JamesBond main film series]], which is the reason that it took so long for Creator/EonProductions a proper theatrical adaptation of it. The three different adaptations are as follows:

* 1967's ''Film/{{Casino Royale|1967}}'' was an unholy mess of a spoof, with no less than ''eight'' Bonds (nine including Creator/SeanConnery, who does not appear but receives a ShoutOut) and [[invoked]][[TroubledProduction almost as many directors]]. Logic ended up paid little heed in the pursuit of comedy. Notably, it includes Creator/DavidNiven as the one-and-only original Sir James Bond -- Niven was Fleming's first choice for the part before Connery made it his own -- as well as Creator/UrsulaAndress's second appearance in a Bond movie, this time as both the Bond girl and James Bond. It also starred Creator/WoodyAllen as young Jimmy Bond (his "disappointing" nephew), Creator/PeterSellers as Evelyn Tremble a.k.a. James Bond, and Creator/OrsonWelles as Le Chiffre.
* 2006's ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' is the long-awaited serious adaptation of the novel for the big screen, the twenty-first film of the long-running film franchise as well as a more grounded ContinuityReboot of it, introducing Creator/DanielCraig as Bond. It [[SettingUpdate updated the story to the 21st century]] and expanded it, turning it into an OriginsEpisode of sorts and amping up the action factor.

* StockholmSyndrome: Discussed. Bond has spoken to enough torture survivors to know that becoming attached to his captors is a risk.

* DontCreateAMartyr: Discussed in the opening dossier for M. [=MI6=] cannot simply assassinate Le Chiffre because that would make him a martyr for the French communists.

%%* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Vesper]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early in the novel, Vesper remarks (while speaking of her velvet dress, which shows marks when sat on): "If you hear me scream tonight, I shall have sat on a cane chair." Later, [[spoiler:Bond is tortured on what was originally a cane chair -- though the seat ''was'' cut out]].

-->"My name's Felix Leiter," said the American. "Glad to meet you."
-->"Mine's Bond--James Bond."

* HonorBeforeReason: This is the probably best description that can be applied [[spoiler:to the SMERSH agent who kills Le Chiffre but spares the helpless Bond. It's not out of any personal code of ethics, but rather just because his superiors hadn't ''ordered'' him to do anything besides punish Le Chiffre, throwing a bit of BotheringByTheBook into the mix. Bond even notes that the man will probably be raked over the coals by his superiors when he gets back to Russia.]]

Fleming sold the rights to the novel separately from the rest of the [[Film/JamesBond main film series]], which is the reason that it took so long for a proper adaptation of it. The three different adaptations are as follows:

* 2006's ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' was the long-awaited serious adaptation of the novel for the big screen, the twenty-first film of the long-running film franchise as well as a more grounded ContinuityReboot of it, introducing Creator/DanielCraig as Bond. It [[SettingUpdate updated the story to the 21st century]] and expanded it, turning it into an OriginsEpisode of sorts and amping up the action factor.

* BrokenBird: Vesper. She is pretty fragile from the get-go, and outright depressed towards the end of the story. [[spoiler:Realizing that her failure has led to the KGB sending an assassin after her causes her to suffer an outright mental breakdown while vacationing with Bond, ending in her suicide.]]

%%* TheCommiesMadeMeDoIt: [[spoiler:Vesper's reason for her betrayal]].

%%* DescriptionInTheMirror: Bond does this in one chapter.

* BuxomIsBetter: Matthis brings this up when describing Vesper to Bond:
--> She is very beautiful. Very beautiful indeed. She has black hair, blue eyes, and splendid... er... protuberances. Back and front.

* TheCommiesMadeMeDoIt: [[spoiler:Vesper's reason for her betrayal]].

* DescriptionInTheMirror: Bond does this in one chapter.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Vesper]].

* FakeFaint: One of Le Chiffre's men threatens to shoot Bond with a silenced gun [[SwordCane hidden in his cane]] unless he withdraws from the game, saying he'll be gone from the casino before anyone realises Bond hasn't just passed out. Instead Bond pretends to faint from the tension of the high stakes game, falling backward in his chair and knocking the weapon from the man's hands.

* PunchClockVillain: Bond notes that actual Soviet spies are just that, spies, essentially white collar workers and bureaucrats just doing a job. He reserves his hatred for SMERSH, the Soviets' loyalty enforcement and assassination division.

* GreaterScopeVillain: The Soviet Union to Le Chiffre.

* BrokenBird: Vesper. She is pretty fragile from the get-go, and outright depressed towards the end of the story. [[spoiler: Realizing that her failure has led to the KGB sending an assassin after her causes her to suffer an outright mental breakdown while vacationing with Bond, ending in her suicide.]]

* 2006's ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' was the long-awaited adaptation of the novel for the big screen, the twenty-first film of the long-running film franchise as well as a more grounded ContinuityReboot of it, introducing Creator/DanielCraig as Bond. It [[SettingUpdate updated the story to the 21st century]] and expanded it, turning it into an OriginsEpisode of sorts and amping up the action factor.

* 1954's ''Casino Royale'' was an episode made for the American ''Climax!'' TV series produced by Creator/{{CBS}}. While it has the honor of being the first James Bond production outside a book, it Americanized everything including Bond himself, as well as greatly simplifying the story. It starred Barry Nelson as "Jimmy" Bond and Creator/PeterLorre as Le Chiffre. In turn Leiter was [[KeepItForeign changed from American to British]].

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!!The 1954 TV production contains examples of:

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The ending greatly simplifies the ending of the novel. Whereas in the novel [[spoiler:a SMERSH operative kills Le Chiffre and Vesper commits suicide after being revealed to have been a mole for the bad guys against her will]], here [[spoiler:Le Chiffre is killed by Bond himself and Valerie (Vesper's counterpart) survives]].
* AdaptationalNationality: Bond is an American agent named Jimmy, while Leiter is English.
* AdaptationNameChange: Felix Leiter is named Clarence.
* CompositeCharacter: Vesper and Mathis are combined into one character, Valerie Mathis. Like Vesper, Valerie is the love interest of Bond with a name that starts with "V", while from Mathis she gets the last name [[spoiler:and being a member of the Deuxième Bureau]].
* CompressedAdaptation: The relationship between Vesper/Valerie and Bond is greatly simplified, one of the effects of which is that the long final section portraying the increasing tensions between them and [[spoiler:her confession and suicide]] is completely omitted.
* EarlyAdaptationWeirdness: Compared to the later Eon film series, this adaptation is noticeably different. James Bond is an American agent and referred to as "Jimmy", Felix Leiter is renamed to Clarence, M is completely absent, and the production values are lower due to being a live TV production.
* HostageForMacGuffin: Le Chiffre eventually grabs Valerie and threatens Bond, demanding an exchange of her for Bond's winnings.
* LargeHam: Creator/PeterLorre seems to be doing a Creator/HumphreyBogart impression.
%%* MutilationInterrogation
* PrettyInMink: Valerie Mathis (the story's rough counterpart to Vesper) appears in a fur wrap, as do a number of background characters.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Vesper and, possibly, Le Chiffre.]]
* TheUnreveal: Le Chiffre is shown groping for his hat -- then the show ends. It had previously been mentioned that he kept a razor hidden there. (This is an unintended result of missing footage in some versions. The full ending is extant; in it, Le Chiffre threatens Valerie with the razor [[spoiler:and is shot dead by Bond]].)

* {{Fainting}}: One of Le Chiffre's men threatens to shoot Bond with a silenced gun [[SwordCane hidden in his cane]] unless he withdraws from the game, saying he'll be gone from the casino before anyone realises Bond hasn't just passed out. Instead Bond pretends to faint from the tension of the high stakes game, falling backward in his chair and knocking the weapon from the man's hands.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Compared to the later Eon film series, this adaptation is noticeably different. James Bond is an American agent and referred to as "Jimmy", Felix Leiter is renamed to Clarence, M is completely absent, and the production values are lower due to being a live TV production.

* BrokenBird: Vesper. She is pretty fragile from the get-go, and outright depressed towards the end of the story.

* FanDisservice: Le Chiffre is obese, unattractive and gets many unflattering descriptions in the narrative.
* FoodPorn: Not as bad as it would get in later Bond novels, but present. After all, Bond admits in taking ridiculous pleasure in what he eats and drinks.

** The inclusion of the above incident borders on HypocriticalHumor, as the rest of the novel is full of dialogue in untranslated (and uncommented-upon) French.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: James Bond actually uses this term when discussing his would-be assassins. They were given two bombs (disguised as cameras) by Le Chiffre's men, both of which were run-of-the-mill bombs. They were told that one was a smoke bomb, and to throw the "real" bomb at Bond, while setting off the smoke bomb to escape. The assassins decided instead to set off the "smoke bomb" first, blowing themselves up.

* FoodPorn: Not as bad as it would get in later Bond novels, but present.