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Casino Royale (1967)
★ 5.3 · 816 ratings on TMDB
Casino Royale is too much for one James Bond!
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.
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Casino Royale keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11/E14 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing espionage, power, technology, war, humor.
zero-distanceUSespionagepowertechnologywarhumor
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