Stories SUCH AS THIS ONE said Eon Productions concluded poker was more dramatic than baccarat.Įarlier movies made by Eon Productions used chemin de fer/baccarat as a setting. With the 2006 movie, Casino Royale rode the enthusiasm for poker. The latter, essentially is like blackjack except you’re playing to 9 instead of 21. Still, Eon made one significant change: Bond and the villain Le Chiffre would duel over a game of poker (very popular at the time of production), rather than baccarat or chermin de fer. Eon Productions finally had its hands on the rights for the first Ian Fleming Bond story. Since the start of the 21st century, the most critically acclaimed James Bond film was Casino Royale (2006).
Cliff Robertson in “The Game,” a 1965 episode of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre.
