LeGrand or Le Grand was the fictional Head of the French Secret Service, the "Deuxième Bureau". Portrayed by actor Charles Boyer, the character appeared in the 1967 parody spy film, Casino Royale.
Biography[]
LeGrand appears at Sir James Bond's residence along with the heads of several major intelligence agencies - M of the British MI6, Soviet KGB representative Smernov, and American CIA representative Ransome. The Red Chinese are not at the meeting, although they feature later. Sir James was a legendary spy, who has been retired for some fifty years. All of the visitors implore Bond to come out of retirement to deal with SMERSH who have been eliminating agents: Bond spurns all their pleas. When Bond continues to stand firm, his mansion is destroyed by a mortar attack at the orders of M, who himself is killed in the explosion, possibly with Smernov and LeGrand himself. His mansion destroyed, Bond has little choice but to take on the mission.
Trivia[]
- LeGrand is one of the 1967 Casino Royale universe's equivalents to René Mathis, with Inspector Mathis appearing as a policeman, rather than a Deuxième Bureau employee.
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