(Voice over) Live from Television City in Hollywood, Barry Nelson, Peter Lorre, Linda Christian starring in tonite's production of CLIMAX! A great new hour long dramatic series from Hollywood — Ladies and gentlemen your host, William Lundigan. (1) This doesn't look dangerous does it? But it’s killed plenty of men and women it’s made beggars of many, and millionaires of a few — mighty few! In French gambling casinos this is called a shoe. It holds the cards for Baccarat — King of gambling games, and its purpose is to make sure no one can pull any funny business, like dealing from the bottom. The game to be played tonite is for the highest stakes of all — a man is going to wager his life. CLIMAX! presents ‘Casino Royale’, from the bestseller by lan Fleming. It stars Barry Nelson, Peter Lorre and Linda Christian.
And now ‘Casino Royale’....

ACT I

As Bond walks into the casino four shots are fired at him.
He ducks for cover behind a stone pillar as the bullets thud into the stone.
(2) COMMISSIONAIRE: What happened sir? Are you hurt?
BOND: No! I'm still in one piece, but I wouldn't know how.
COMMISSIONAIRE: You were so lucky they missed. They tried to rob you sir!
BOND: They tried to kill me! Well, I'll never catch 'em now!
(3) CLARENCE LEITER: What was all the racket? Someone taking pot-shots?
VALERIE MATHIS: What? Oh I wouldn't know. Yes, someone was shooting.
(4) CHEF DE PARTIE: You had not begun to play, so it wasn't your winnings they were after!
BOND: Yeah — it wasn't my autograph either.
(5) Leiter asks Bond how much half a million francs is —"$150O — that's £500 in your British money", Bond tells him.
LEITER: Aren't you the fellow who was shot?
BOND: No, I'm the fellow who was missed!
LEITER: It looks like you’re as lucky as they say.
BOND: Eh!
LEITER: You’re a Legend old boy — ‘card sense Jimmy Bond’ they call you. I knew you right away.
BOND: I didn't know I had that much of a reputation.

(9) LEITER: You know it must be a fascinating game, but to me it's as baffling as American football.
(10) Leiter breaks a match into several pieces and drops them on to the table, Bond places them in a particular way — this is the recognition sign between the two agents.
BOND: I wondered when you'd show up.
LEITER: You were lucky tonite to escape those shots. It seems Le Chiffre is on to you! I'm attached to Station F — British Secret Service. We're working in conjunction with the Deuxieme Bureau and you chaps at Combined Intelligence Agency Washington.
(11) Leiter asks Bond to explain baccarat, and he will explain Bond's job at the casino.
BOND: Well it's very easy. It's a lot like 21 — it's mostly luck anyway. One player buys the bank, he puts up all the money, everybody plays against him. They can play for part of it, or all of it. To bet against the whole bank you go 'Banco'. You each get two cards — the banker and the dealer. Picture cards and tens count nothing; the other cards carry their own face value. The object of the game is to get as near 9 as possible. Say I got an ace and a 2 — that's 3. I ask for another card — I draw a 6, that makes 9 in all. Now if the banker has 9 as well it's a tie — otherwise we start all over again. You're only allowed to draw one card....
LEITER: You know you're here to deal with Herr Ziffer, — Le Chiffre — he's the same fellow.

Bond and Le Chiffre are on equal footing — they both hold 86 million francs. Bond comments that it is hardly a safe margin. Leiter tells him, "You've won on less." Leiter gives Bond the low-down on Le Chiffre.
LEITER: He's tough, he's good with a gun, carries three razor blades — for slashing purposes. One in his hat band, there's one in the heel of his left shoe, one in his cigarette case and he always has three armed guards with him. They're with him now — you can look. The big fellow with the blond hair, that's Basil. The fellow who looks like a bassett hound, the one who walked past just now, that's Zoltan. The third character there, he's the thin dark fellow — see him, name of Surok. They’re in it as deep as he is — so be very careful of them. Oh incidentally, the whole band of them are in the suite above yours at the hotel.
BOND: Ah well, that's who bugged my room.
LEITER: Bugged? Oh microphone you mean.
(13) Valerie Mathis introduces herself to Bond and reminds him of their previous meeting at another casino. Bond comments that she was his lucky charm, "While you were there I couldn't lose", he says. Bond and Valerie leave together for the hotel — Bond says, "I don't mind you accompanying me as long as you don't mind going through a barrage of bullets. Right now I'm not a very good risk." Valerie asks why those men were shooting at Bond — he shrugs his shoulders and says, "Maybe they needed the practice." Bond is staying on the 5th floor of the hotel, whilst Valerie is on the floor above. They both go to Bond's room.
(14) VALERIE: You live dangerously!
BOND: Dangerously? Gambling?
VALERIE: It depends on how and where.

(27) LE CHIFFRE: Because you see tomorrow, tomorrow night I have to win. I have 80 million francs and no one is going to stand in my way — you hear. No one!