OSS 117 Is Not Dead

OSS 117 n'est pas mort
Directed byJean Sacha
Written byJacques Berland Screenplay
Jean Lévitte
Screenplay
Jean Bruce
Source material
Produced byAlbert Bauer
StarringIvan Desny
CinematographyMarcel Weiss
Music byJean Marion
Production
company
Globe Omnium Films [2]
Distributed byRepublic Pictures (USA)
Release date
  • August 14, 1957 (1957-08-14)[1]
Running time
80 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

OSS 117 n'est pas mort is the 1957 film debut of Jean Bruce's fictitious secret agent Hubert Bonnisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117, and the beginning of a long-lasting series.[3] It was released in the United States by Republic Pictures under the title OSS 117 is Not Dead in 1959[4]

  1. ^ "Sortie le 14 août 1957". Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  2. ^ "Sociétés de production: Globe Omnium Films". Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  3. ^ Corliss, Richard (2012-02-17). "The film series began with the 1957 OSS 117 Is Not Dead, starring Ivan Desny and directed by Jean Sacha". Time. New York. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  4. ^ p. 137 Martin, Len D. The Republic Pictures Checklist: Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects, and Training Films of Republic Pictures Corporation, 1935-1959 McFarland, 01/07/1998