Jean Bruce

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Jean Bruce (22 March 1921 – 26 March 1963), born Jean Brochet, was a prolific French popular writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Jean Alexandre, Jean Alexandre Brochet, Jean-Martin Rouan, and Joyce Lindsay. He died in a car accident in 1963 at the age of 42. He is particularly known for the adventures of secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, aka OSS 117, of which many novels were adapted for the screen in the 1960s. Bruce's first OSS 117 novel appeared in 1949. He wrote prolifically with 91 OSS 117 novels and many others before his death in a Jaguar sports car crash. Though the first OSS 117 Is Not Dead film with Ivan Desny in the lead was already made in 1957, a popular series of several OSS 117 films started no earlier than in 1963, following the French release of Dr. No, with Kerwin Mathews in two, director André Hunebelle's discovery Frederick Stafford in two more, John Gavin in one (replacing Stafford who was starring in Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz, then with Luc Merenda and Alan Scott in two in the 1970s that were French made for TV films.

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Last Best West (Culture Et Partimoine)
Representative edition published 2000
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Oss 117 a Mexico
Representative edition published 1998
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Du lest a l'est ( oss 117 )
Representative edition published 1998
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Plein gaz pour OSS 117
Representative edition published 1997
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Strip-tease pour oss 117
Representative edition published 1997
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Les espions du Pirée
Representative edition published 1997
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FIDELEMENT VOTRE OSS 117
Representative edition published 1997
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OSS 117
Representative edition published 1990
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OSS 117 N'EST PAS MORT
Representative edition published 1987
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La Nubienne
Representative edition published 1987
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Le Contrat
Representative edition published 1987
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Double bang à Bangkok
Representative edition published 1986
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Le sbire de Birmanie
Representative edition published 1986
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Lila De Calcutta
Representative edition published 1986
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PAN DANS LA LUNE
Representative edition published 1986
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Back the attack!
Representative edition published 1985
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OSS 117 A tout coeur à Tokio
Representative edition published 1983
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OSS. 117 PREFERE LES ROUSSES
Representative edition published 1983
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TACTIQUE ARCTIQUE
Representative edition published 1983
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OSS 117 prend le maquis
Representative edition published 1982
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O.S.S. 117 AU LIBAN
Representative edition published 1982
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After the war
Representative edition published 1982
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Alerte
Representative edition published 1981
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Romance de la mort
Representative edition published 1981
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