In 1954, there was an hour-length TV adaptation with an American Bond (Barry Nelson) and the great Peter Lorre as the villain, while in 1967, there was a witless, non-canonical comic version of the novel. Since before the birth of the 38-year-old Daniel Craig, the new James Bond, we have been waiting for an authentic cinematic version of the first James Bond novel, Casino Royale, widely regarded as the best thing Ian Fleming ever wrote.
