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Charles Robert-Dumas

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Charles Robert-Dumas
Robert-Dumas in 1915.
Born4 January 1875
Died19 August 1946
Reims, France
OccupationNovelist

Charles Robert-Dumas (1875–1946) was a French novelist, particularly specialising in the crime and spy genres. Several of his works have been adapted for the screen.[1] He is particularly known for his series featuring the French spy Captain Benoît of the Deuxième Bureau, a nemesis of the Germans.[2] The popularity the series enjoyed in the 1930s, with the growing threat of war with Nazi Germany, was analogous to Ian Fleming's later James Bond series of novels.[3]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p.139
  2. ^ Young p.115
  3. ^ Crisp p.181

Bibliography

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  • Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2015.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Young, Robert J. France and the Origins of the Second World War. Bloomsbury Publishing, 1996.
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