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OSS 117 is the codename for Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, a fictional secret agent initially from the pen of the prolific Jean Bruce. Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath is described as being an American Colonel from Louisiana of French descent. After service in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), de La Bath worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), then the National Security Council (NSC). In Michel Hazanavicius's films of the 2000s, the character is a French citizen working for the Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage, the French intelligence agency from 1944 to 1982 (now DGSE). In real-life OSS, code number 117 was allocated to William L. Langer, who was chief of the Research and Analysis Branch of the OSS.〔p. 543 Dulles, Allen Welsh, Petersen Neal H. ''From Hitler's Doorstep: The Wartime Intelligence Reports of Allen Dulles'', Penn State Press, 1996.〕 ==Novels and films== Bruce wrote 88〔(Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath alias OSS 117 ) sur ''Boomer-café.net'', retrieved on 17 november 2010.〕 OSS 117 novels for the French publishing house Fleuve Noir Espionnage series〔(Brantonne )〕 beginning with ''Tu parles d'une ingénue (Ici OSS 117)'' in 1949, predating Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 by four years. After Jean Bruce died in a car accident in 1963, his wife Josette Bruce (signing as "J.Bruce") wrote 143 OSS 117 novels before retiring in 1985. Starting in 1987, Bruce's daughter Martine and her husband François wrote 23 more OSS 117 books.〔(''OSS 117 entreprise familiale'', documentary for the French channel 13ème rue ), retrieved on 29 October 2010.〕 The last published novel was ''O.S.S. 117 prend le large'' in 1992.〔p. 60 Williams, Nicola. ''France'', Lonely Planet, 2007〕 The first OSS 117 film, ''OSS 117 n'est pas mort'' (''OSS 117 Is Not Dead''), was made in 1957 with Ivan Desny as OSS 117.〔Blake, Matt & Deal, David ''The Eurospy Guide'' Luminary Press 2004〕 In 1960 the rights to the Jean Bruce novel ''Documents à vendre'', were purchased for filming by Michel Clément as ''Le Bal des espions'' (1960). However the rights to the character of OSS 117 had not been agreed upon so the character's name was changed to Brian Cannon, the name of another Jean Bruce's character from the novel ''Romance de la Mort''.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053627/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv〕 In the 1960s, the character was featured in a successful Eurospy film series which was mostly directed by André Hunebelle. The role was played initially by Kerwin Mathews, and then by Frederick Stafford, with John Gavin playing the role when Stafford was filming Alfred Hitchcock's ''Topaz''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「OSS 117」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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