, ▁his ▁wife ▁Jos ette ▁Bruce ▁( sign ing ▁as ▁" J . B ru ce ") ▁wrote ▁ 1 4 3 ▁O SS ▁ 1 1 7 ▁nov els ▁before ▁ret iring ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁Starting ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁Bruce ' s ▁daughter ▁Mart ine ▁and ▁her ▁husband ▁François ▁wrote ▁ 2 3 ▁more ▁O SS ▁ 1 1 7 ▁books . ▁The ▁last ▁published ▁novel ▁was ▁O . S . S . ▁ 1 1 7 ▁prend ▁le ▁large ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁O SS ▁ 1 1 7 ▁film , ▁O SS ▁ 1 1 7 ▁Is ▁Not ▁Dead , ▁was ▁made ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁with ▁Ivan ▁Des ny ▁as ▁O SS ▁ 1 1 7 . ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁Jean ▁Bruce ▁novel ▁Document s ▁à ▁v endre , ▁were ▁purchased ▁for ▁film ing ▁by ▁ ▁as ▁Le ▁Bal ▁des ▁esp ions ▁( 1 9 6 0 ). ▁ ▁However ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁character ▁of ▁O SS ▁ 1 1 7 ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁agreed ▁upon ▁so ▁the ▁character ' s ▁name ▁was ▁changed ▁to ▁Brian ▁C annon , ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁another ▁character ▁from ▁a ▁novel ▁by ▁Jean ▁Bruce , ▁Rom ance ▁de ▁la ▁Mort . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁the ▁character ▁was ▁featured ▁in ▁a ▁successful ▁Euro sp y ▁film ▁series ▁which ▁was ▁mostly ▁directed