Tipping My Fedora

44. CASINO ROYALE (1954), with Professor James Chapman

Tipping My Fedora

Show Notes

Sergio is joined by Professor James Chapman - author of ”Licence to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films” - to look at the first 007 adaptation, the 1954 TV version of CASINO ROYALE, as well as the 1967 spoof and the 2006 Daniel Craig reboot. And speculate about where the series might go next.

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