Broccoli, who had a long time interest in adapting James Bond, offered to purchase the Casino Royale rights from Feldman, but he declined.
Feldman represented Ratoff's widow and obtained the Casino Royale rights.Īlbert R. The following year, Ratoff set up a production company with Michael Garrison to produce a film adaptation, but wound up not finding financial backers before his death in December 1960. In March 1955 Ian Fleming sold the film rights of his novel Casino Royale, the first book featuring the character of James Bond, to the producer Gregory Ratoff for $6,000.
The story of the 1967 production of Casino Royale predates the first 'official' James Bond movie, Dr.
