CBS eventually scrapped the idea and its unknown if Nelson would have returned for the show. In an alternate universe Climax's! Casino Royale could have led to a James Bond CBS series, which the network commissioned and Ian Fleming even started developing episode outlines for.

The episode is obviously lacking a lack of the familiar tropes of later movies too, including the gadgets, the vehicles and the Walther PPK, and in the case of the latter, he's seen wielding an FN Model 1900.Ĭlimax's Casino Royale is also of note for Barry Nelson's Jimmy Bond ordering a scotch and water instead of a vodka martini, and it was one of famed composer Jerry Goldsmith's very first gigs.

Overall, Barry Nelson isn't bad as Bond but making the character American was a mistake, and by the actor's own admission there wasn't much charm to the spy as he was presented on the show. Screen legend Peter Lorre ( M) also played Le Chiffre in the Climax! Casino Royale, with the infamous torture scene reimagined as the villain removing Bond's toenails offscreen.

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