![]() "As he seemed to be in luck," Fleming writes, "one or two pilot fish started to swim with the shark." When the croupier (dealer), passes cards to another player, his hands "lay inert like two watchful pink crabs on the table." A man joins at seat number 9, "a distinguished but weak-looking man whose francs were presumably provided by his rich American wife, a middle-aged woman with the predatory mouth of a barracuda." As cards are dealt across the table, they "came slithering towards him over the green baize." Later, when Bond requests his cards, "the croupier slipped them into the green lagoon between the outstretched arms. Early on, Bond plays successfully and other interested gamblers join in. To James Bond it is a murky, foreboding lagoon filled with predacious terrors. Casino Royale (1967) Sir James Bond (David Niven) retired at the height of his powers when forced to betray his lover Mata Hari, and now lives in an English country house, surrounded by lions, devoting himself to Debussy and cultivating black roses, attended by his butler (Erik Chitty). ![]() The "shoe" - the baccarat table - is more than just a green, baize-covered countertop. In Casino Royale, Bond endeavors to bankrupt Le Chiffre, the paymaster of a Soviet-controlled trade union in France, in a high-stakes game of baccarat.
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