Bond is helped by British secret agent Clarence Leiter (perhaps a cousin of Felix Leiter) and sexy French double agent Valerie Mathis (Vesper Lynd and René Mathis from Fleming's novel rolled into one character). Bond's mission is to make sure Le Chiffre is ruined. He plans to stake everything on one card game at Casino Royale in France. Le Chiffre has been living like a high-roller on party funds, and if he can't recover the funds quickly, he's likely to be executed by his own party. He is tasked with cleaning out communist agent Le Chiffre (Peter Lorre, 'Casablanca') in a game of baccarat. Jimmy Bond is an American CIA (Combined Intelligence Agency) officer. No,' Barry Nelson (Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining') played the secret agent in this 1954 CBS small-screen live adaptation of Ian Fleming's first Bond novel. Before Sean Connery played Bond in 1962's big-screen 'Dr.
Jimmy Bond.' Or so this American James Bond might as well say in 007's screen debut.
