It is also the first of three screen adaptations of Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale, with two cinematic versions succeeding it: the psychedelic comedy version of Casino Royale in 1967 and a more serious, updated Eon version in 2006, over fifty years later, marking Daniel Craig's debut. Its main significance to Bond fans is that it represents the first attempt at a screen adaptation of a James Bond novel, around eight years before EON Productions took up the reins with Dr. Casino Royale is a television adaptation, released in 1954, of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming.
