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live from television city in hollywood

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mary nelson

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peter lorre

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[Music]

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linda christian

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starring in tonight's production of

climax

a great new hour-long dramatic series

from hollywood ladies and gentlemen your

host william lundigan good evening

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

that holds the cards for baccarat king

of gambling games and its purpose is to

make sure that

no one can pull any funny business like

dealing from the bottom

a game to be played tonight is for the

highest stakes of all a man is going to

wager his life

climax presents casino royale from the

bestseller by ian fleming

stars barry nelson peter laurie

and linda christian

and now

casino royale

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on your head

still didn't want peace but i wouldn't

know how you're best lucky to miss did

you try to rob yourself try to kill me

well

i'll never catch him now if he will

please come into the officer

what was all the racket

someone taking part

what

oh i wouldn't know

here's someone who's shooting

the casino is full of apologies mr bob

such an act is beyond explanation

you have not begun to play so it was not

your winnings they were after yeah it

wasn't my autograph either well you have

an assurance

casino police will be at your disposal

whenever you feel you need protection

thanks thanks that's that's very

comforting look uh would you give me

some chips why certainly mr bone

seven at the bank

and three

the bank is half a million franc

half a million uh i beg your pardon but

how much is that oh it's about um

fifteen hundred dollars that's uh five

hundred pounds your british money banco

sweetie you know

this game fascinates me but i just can't

get the hang of it well it's like any

game yeah when you lose

no cards

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eight at the back

and a six

he lost

aren't you the fella who was shot

but no i'm the fella who was missed

you happen to see it no i just heard

about it the bank of one million

banco now what's that mean i've matched

the bank for a million

nine at the table

and back her out

well it looks like you're as lucky as

they say

hey

oh you're a legend oh boy card sense

jimmy bond they call you i knew you

right away i didn't know i had that much

of a reputation oh my dear fellow look

here how about you give me the lowdown

how to play

over a drink oh i'm very sorry my name's

clarence slighter right sure

what have i got to lose do you ever lose

oh boy pause over there lead on

mr sheep the bank is open

tomorrow

very lucky here mr bond

yes and very handsome

tell me

has he changed much since the days when

you two were he looks just the same

you want me to talk with him now plenty

of time i'll tell you when

good evening

scotch yes water two scotch one water

one soda bring a decade cards yes

you know i've seen you before

i watched you play at dover when you

cleaned up the maharaj of what was his

name that that was baccarat wasn't it

yes you know it must be a fascinating

game but to me it's as baffling as

american football

well it's very easy like 21 mostly luck

anyway

you were lucky tonight to escape those

shots

light

it looks like the shipper is on to

i wondered when you'd show up

i was on my way out to wait for at the

hotel

i'm attached to station s british secret

service where work in conjunction with

the dossier bureau and your own chaps of

combined intelligence agency in

washington oh it seems that we have a uh

good many friends income yes doesn't it

oh your cars please nice and uh keep the

change thank you sir

okay

go ahead no you go ahead

you explain bakara and i'll explain your

job here

uh 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

not a bet against the whole bank you go

bunker

like i did just now you know you're here

to deal with their zipper the shipper

he's the same fellow

theo

you mean kill him you won't have to

he'll die anyway

if you play your cards right

have you ever seen the shipper

no go on explaining the game

well 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 shifter is the toad-like creature

playing at the table in there he's the

chief soviet agent for this area

controlled through leningrad section 3

through paris

he's the most dangerous man they've ever

had

you can look now

he's the fanatic he's ruthless

incorruptible and everything he does is

entirely legal but he has a weak spot

and that's how you got into it

oh is now you see the uh object of the

game

is to get as many nine as possible say i

got an ace in the two that's three

classic enough i asked for another car

to draw a six that makes nine in all

now if the banker has nine and as well

it's a tie

otherwise we start all over that's

engineers nearest to ninety yeah

all right

i don't kill the chief

what do i do

his weak spot is gambling

you're going to play baccarat with him

and your job is to clean him out

for whatever reason to destroy him

he's been gambling with soviet funds in

his last 80 million francs

now he's going to try and get it back by

gambling high

he's bought the bank for tomorrow night

with the last funds of the treasury of

his party

he has 26 million with which to win back

the 80 he needs

soviet police

not about his camp they got wind of it

and that's one reason why he's planning

to play high tomorrow night

now if he should win back that 80

million maybe he can brazen it out but

if you won and he hasn't

then what

we'll see that the story hits the

newspapers with photostats bank

statement all the dope french communist

party will lose face with a very dull

flood and we'll have accomplished our

aim we'll be rid of the ship

uh

now you you know you each allowed draw

only one card

all right what else

you will have 26 million francs the same

as he has

i'll pick it up for you from the casino

cashier and give it to you tomorrow

night

well that's

hardly a safe margin you've won unless

so you play tomorrow night

and meanwhile

watch your step

they could

they've already tried

what uh what else do i know about him

he's tough he's good with a gun

carries three razor blades for slashing

purposes

he's one in his hat band that's one in

the heel of his left shoe one in his

cigarette case

he always has three armed guards with

him there with him now you can look

you see them

the big fella with a blonde hair

that's basil

fellow who looks like a basset hound the

one who walked past us now

that sultan

there's a third character there he's the

thin dark fellow see them name of zoro

they're in it as deep as here so be very

careful of them oh incidentally the

whole bunch of them are in the suite

right above yours at the hotel

oh well then that's above my room bug

microphone yes i think i have got it

could be a four or five nurse

oh mr bong don't you remember me

valerie

valerie memphis we met in the casino

yes of course

you were my lucky charm

while you were there i couldn't lose

oh uh there's mr clarence lighter miss

mathis delighted i was just teaching mr

lighter how to play baccarat i saw you i

think i've learned it like a book

perhaps i could try it out tonight well

all right but don't blame me

well it's nice to have met you ms mathis

uh you wouldn't care to be my lucky job

i'd love it but i must return to the

hotel me too and perhaps we can go

together well if you don't mind going

through a barrage of bullets right now

i'm not a very good risk

so it was you those men were shooting it

but why

maybe they needed the practice

let's go

good luck uh lighter and to you

tomorrow

are you still watered

tomorrow yes hop onto us good night

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yes you you said you were on the sixth

i'll i'll see you to your wrong i'd

rather see you to yours

why would i argue with that

down please

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did you expect your room to be searched

oh i i don't know what anyone would find

it just you can't be too careful

you live dangerously

dangerously

gambling

depends on

how and where

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that's for old time's sake

this is for now

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timmy

the sheaves sent you to me didn't he

don't deny it i know you're with him

he told you to come to my room

because of the microphone microphone in

the fireplace listening just above what

are you talking you mean he didn't tell

you about the mic the wires go through

the chimney to his room just above here

i didn't know i would catch you

can't hardly you never could

i didn't know

when was it fixed

today while i was out

to listen to you

if you didn't know about it

to listen to you

he sent you here but he doesn't trust

you

he wants to be sure that you

ask

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and so is he

you're going to tell me those things

right now word for word

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but who's fooling who

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jimmy don't turn down the music

well that's better chopin isn't it

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you were saying valerie

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jimmy you used to love me

i loved you too

well you haven't written in a year

there were reasons why i couldn't

so what do you want to do now pick up

where you left off

i've come to say you mustn't play

against le chief

oh

so you know that

i'm begging you not to jimmy you're a

member of combined intelligence who

france is a gambler he'll kill you

she plays her part good

so you know that too dale

if you don't think of yourself think of

me

i did love you

i still do would i be begging you not to

play if i didn't

you might

so please please go to paris while

you're safe

if you ever loved me

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maybe i didn't

yes there's that of course

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you know

women can lie as well as men

is that uh all you want to say go ahead

speak up

that's all i'm going to valerie wait

maybe i did love you awards

but not now

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i'll uh

i'll see you to the elevator

wait

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music

well that uh that was quite an act

which part of it was true

that the shifter will kill you

all right

he will kill you

well you've done your job well valerie

i hope he pays you well

jimmy i still love you

the shifter will kill you but you can

tell your employer he's wasting his time

sixth floor i guess

for the lady

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come in

come in beautiful

well

quite appears

i've done my job now i'm going to my

room you stay here

turn it on again

uh you see valerie we have a microphone

in bond's room uh

you were once still so close to him i i

just want to make sure about your

present feelings oh but you came through

magnificently any suspicions i might

have had were

quite unfounded

i did all you asked admirably

perhaps uh

perhaps even a little more

what do you mean

nothing i

i was just wondering how your lipstick

got smudged

oh i i have no objections to you being

kissed by a man you once loved but uh

it does open up an interesting angle of

speculation which is um

does he still love you

you said you heard yes but i couldn't

see and you could what does it matter oh

it couldn't matter very much bond and i

on opposite sides of the fence

hello uh would you get me the casino

please the chef they party

hello hello

this is james bond yeah

look uh what you said about the police

i'd like them to keep close watch on me

until after tomorrow night's game

i will give instructions immediately mr

vaughn

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so many ways

always been able to protect myself

now they choose mr bond to take me on

and

and your mr bond is very lucky and

and mr bond has caught sense and i don't

like it

tell me uh

does he still love your valerie

of course he doesn't not now because you

see tomorrow tomorrow night i have to

win

i have to have 80 million pranks and no

one is going to stand in my way you hear

no one

good evening

432 please

india

hello hello mr rudy please

hello mr rudy this is lighter speaking i

just wanted to make sure that you had

that story written

yes it'll be later this evening will you

be there when i call

no i i don't know what time the game

might go on quite late it's very hard to

tell

yes i wish you would i'd rather you

handle it yourself

the story should be in the palace

newspapers at the same time don't you

think

oh good good

yes now all we've got to do is hope that

he wins

yes yes i will and thank you very much

i'll ring you as soon as i have definite

news goodbye

mr lighter

that money you have

would you kindly put it on the table

i believe it to be 26 million francs

we want it

that makes it very awkward

because i wanted to you have exactly ten

seconds to do as i say

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it's quite all right thank you i thank

the calls for me in any case oh just a

moment will you do me a kind favor will

you take this money to the cashier tell

him to hold it for mr bond who'll pick

it up later this evening why certainly

mr later thank you very much

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why don't you pick it up it might be for

you

26 million francs correct that's correct

yes sir

how'd you make out last night at uh

baccarat i lost my shirt maybe you're a

bad teacher

cigarette

good luck and make sure you clean him

out

thanks

sorry you lost your shirt

good evening mr barn

i'd like you to meet an old friend of

mine

the james bond had tipper

i've always heard of you as uh a ship

well that's the same you see it's a

nickname of mine after the war i was a

displayed person just a a number and a

passport uh lucifer means a mia cypher

seemed a suitable man

i say you're a very important cipher you

flatter me sir

uh we played tonight huh

good luck

thanks

for you

valerie

excuse me beautiful

i catch our number

mr vaughn you want it on the telephone

thanks

excuse me

hello

this is bond

yes mr bond this is a friend

who mr bond it may be that you still

have a certain attachment for a young

woman by the name of valerie mathis

you should know

if you win tonight

she will lose

all nothing more important than her life

this young lady is part of your own

organization

why should it concern me if she dies

well perhaps it does not

but the fact is still indisputable if

you win

she will lose her life

pardon me for interrupting your game i

only wish to pass on the warning goodbye

pardon me have you finished with that

bone

keep an eye on that girl valerie mattis

keep an eye on her oh thank you very

much thank you

i'm sorry

cigarette valerie no thank you your game

is back around ladies and gentlemen the

bank of one million frank

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the bank is one million francs

bronco

no card

nine at the bank

and

seven

the back of two million pranks

bunker sweeping

card

seven up the bank

and four

bank of four million pranks

no

no

bunko

nine at the table

baccarat

sir

continue

a bank of 2 million francs

fargo

no

seven at the bank

and five

a bank of four million francs

no

nine at the back

and seven

back of eight million francs

michael sweetie

good

six at the back

and three

a bank

of 16 million

michael smith

no

nine at the bank

and seven

you have beaten him that was the last of

his money

i need 80.

you won't lose tonight

a bag of 32 million francs

bank of 32 million francs

a bank of 32 million francs

ladies and gentlemen

a bank of 32 million francs

please wait

your father mr bomb the sun is so big i

will have to count the amount

the game continues tomorrow

ladies and gentlemen

a banco of 32 million francs

all right

three at the bank

and

four

you lost

you lost a fortune i still have 23. but

now he can afford to lose i may win

sir the bank is broke continue

just a moment

a bank of 23 million francs

sweaty

so

nine at the table

baccarat wow

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is in your bag

but it is a gun not a cane

and can blow the space of your spine

without a sound

you will appear to have painted

i shall be gone before i count 10

you will accompany me to the office and

give me the money

if you call for help

i shall fire

one

two

three

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yes what's what happened to miss

matthews spanish were standing right

there besides celestine just a minute

ago is this your cane sir they're gone

yes they are

well not just tell the news great to

show 35 million sir in the trip where's

matt matt i i don't know i lost either

an excitement

look i even followed the cashiers when

she went to get that money for you

when she went to get the

you mean that 35 everything every penny

of it i don't know where she went wait a

minute

mr bond the chiefs have been counted 87

million francs in all right i made it

out of the check if you stay for that 35

of it belongs to miss mathis where is

she oh i think she's left because he

knows sir alone

look search the terrorists the bar

everywhere don't forget to put that

check somewhere safe sure you put this

in scotland yards black museum well

where did you get this

mr boskin should i shake it no thank you

have you seen miss mathis no say

everybody's asking me about miss mathis

she must be a very popular young lady

who wish she who else was asking for mr

barnett i know about him anyone else

mister the sheffield too oh he did did

he well you know he was a heavy loser so

perhaps he needed a young lady's

sympathy yes it could be well thanks

anyway

miss matthews

miss

mathis mathis

oh i i am sorry forgive me

where is miss mathis

pardon sir i said where is ms mathis

this gun is completely silent i suppose

sir

where is miss matas

she has left the table

then where is the ship

sir

i don't know who you are and why you are

questioning me

but i know that la shiva went back to

the hotel

operator

operator

operator

i did not bring the young lady up sir

but of course there are other elephants

sure

stick the only this number is 65.

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hello hello bring james bond at his

hotel for me will you

hello

hello jimmy give me a slider have you

hidden that chick yet well no i was

looking for valerie did you find her no

i haven't yet but the ship's on his way

across there maybe just to pick up his

bags i wouldn't know but while that

check's still around you're still hot

all right i'll take care of it right now

you keep after valerie

hello writer no mr bond i am speaking

for lashifa i told you before if you win

miss mathis will lose but lashifa will

give you both one more chance miss

mathis will live in exchange for the

check

oh you uh you have miss memphis is that

it will you pass over that check

no i don't think so

mr bond i said stand still

close the door and put on the lights

well it

it seems we have a few points of mutual

interest to discuss huh

such as uh

such as that check for 87 million francs

money which was partly supplied by the

french secret service

through its agent our little friend

valerie

yes

valerie mattis agent of the dersian

bureau

oh i only found that out today

because you would have died at once but

i thought i

i hold the threat of your life over this

uh american

not that he seemed to care he he still

put his job first

he had to

maybe

maybe in any case it was a mistake

if i would have known that the french

had supplied it with funds and kids who

needed more money all right why didn't

you tell me you were with the french oh

i

i think i can answer that

oh as you most certainly know mr bond

no secret agent can ever be quite sure

what another agent isn't working for the

other side

although i

i always thought that mutual love means

mutual trust

do you love me jimmy

he's much too sensible to answer that in

any case

neither of you wants the other to be

heard huh

very comfortable considering the fact

that i

that i want that check for 87 million

francs

yes mr marlon you have almost destroyed

me

you've almost succeeded in fact

my life depends upon finding that chick

so by the way does yours

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oh basil you're so clumsy i just asked

you to hit him i i didn't ask you to hit

him so hard

hey

easy not so on

tough man huh very tough

well if he fights again hit him again

huh but please only a little at a time

now mr bond as you might have noticed we

we are very serious people

you bet her health is of no concern to

us whatsoever

answer that

pick him up

and just in case you get ambitious mr

bond believe me

hello

hello it's jimmy it's lighter again

have you found valerie yet

yes yes she's here

oh good then everything's fine

uh has the shipper run for it

i don't i don't think so

oh he will

i'm getting out of the papers giving

them the whole story so i'll say good

night lighter

yes what is it

nothing it's okay

sorry i lost your shirt

oh you're a pal i'll talk to you

tomorrow

maybe

maybe he'll talk to you tomorrow but

only if you have given us that check

took me long enough to win it

take you longer to get it back i don't

think so i honestly don't think so

it's about time we stop joking huh i

i think he's ready for the bathtub

oh pound me beautiful i

i didn't mean to neglect you know

who knows maybe

maybe you can persuade him huh

the battle

hey battle

take her in

uh but if she screams

at her first scream

he's dead

all right mr vaughn

where's that money

look mr bond as you should know by now i

i'm quite without mercy and

if you continue to be that obstinate i

i'll have to torture you'll be tortured

to the edge of madness believe me you

have no hope whatsoever you hear none

no i have she

you're an ugly little man why don't you

stop talking

all right

see this tool mr bond

it's very handy little tool serves all

sorts of purposes

oh uh my little friend you remember the

the one that had a gun that passed for a

cane oh

he was an expert with this

unfortunately he's gone but uh

i've learned a few of his tricks

now mr bond are you going to tell me

where that chick is

you won't huh

all right

i think i know how to make it there

i am

excruciating huh

look mr bond if you if you continue like

this i

i have to start on poor valerie

you leave me no choice i

i cannot let you destroy me

i've already destroyed you you think so

huh

i'm no hero i don't like pain

but i can tell you one thing right now

you won't get anything out of me

pain and killing's part of my job and of

mine too mr vaughn oh bet you'll love it

how did you find that out huh

oh you're an obstinate man mr bond

but i

i think i think you've had enough huh

where's that money

what's the difference

it's a check

the police will trace it to you oh

please please don't worry about that

that's very easy you see the story will

be that after our little game at the

casino we made and you being such a good

sportsman you turned it over to me you

lost so therefore you signed the check

over to me that simple huh

now where's that money

where is it

i know you've hidden it hitting it

somewhere here in this swing

we search it but you're very clever now

where is it

oh uh

sure

you better go downstairs because uh you

see mr light might arrive and i'm quite

certain he'll he'll be very upset when

he sees his friend

after we are finished with him

go ahead basil and and this time you

don't have to restrain yourself

stop

i'll tell you where is it

i know something when i came in i saw he

was only a scrotal valerie shut up

screwdriver

where could you use a screwdriver where

where could he use a screw

where did you use it

find it yourself

all right

all right

have it your way there mr bond we have

searched your rooms now we are going to

take them apart

and if i don't find it we'll take you

apart both of you

i'm sorry

i couldn't help but i couldn't stand

what they were doing to you

darling

you're very brave i couldn't be not like

that

can i can i see us

no

keep watching

warn me if they move

whatever happens

i want you to know that

i've always had one memory

and i always have one desire

to go away somewhere with you

somewhere quiet

where we used to go

where the fields name

do you remember

it seems long ago

i thought

i thought i'd never seen anything so

beautiful and

peaceful

and a warm sweet scent of cut hay

to lie in the fields and

look up at the sky

and there would be nothing but

laughter

and love

the way it was

here it is we found it

thank you mr bond

huh

can i have some water

oh yes oh

with pleasure

basil give him all the water you want

get me some water too

hey

a basil

hey

hey basil

what's the matter

hmm

uh

all right

are you gonna kill him jimmy

yes why don't you huh

be fair mr bond

it's all in the game we're

we're both gamblers

and

i have lost

give me the check

come on

call the police

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so

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ah

you