Trenton, New Jersey
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France
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) was an American
novelist
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,
actor
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expatriate
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in
France
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. Behm wrote the script for
The Beatles
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' ''
Help!
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'' (1965) and the film ''
Charade
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Games
* Charades, originally "acting charades", a parlor game
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* ''Charade'' (1953 film), an American film featuring James Mason
* ''Charade'' (1963 film), an American film starring Cary Grant and A ...
'' (1963). His best and most well-known literary work is the crime novel ''Eye of the Beholder'' (1980) which was adapted twice for the screen, in 1983 and in 1999.
Behm developed a fascination for
French culture
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while serving in the
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during
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; later, he appeared as an actor on several French television programmes, before moving there permanently.
Work
Bibliography
* ''The Queen of the Night'' (1977)
* ''The Eye of the Beholder'' (1980)
* ''The Ice Maiden'' (1983)
* '' Afraid to Death'' (1991)
* ''Off the Wall'' (1991)
* ''Seek To Know No More'' (1993)
* ''Crabs'' (1994)
Charade
Charade or charades may refer to:
Games
* Charades, originally "acting charades", a parlor game
Films/TV
* ''Charade'' (1953 film), an American film featuring James Mason
* ''Charade'' (1963 film), an American film starring Cary Grant and A ...
'' - story
* 1965: ''
Help!
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'' - story
* 1965: '' The Party's Over'' - screenplay
* 1966: ''
Trunk to Cairo
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'' - screenplay
* 1967: ''
The Blonde from Peking
''The Blonde from Peking'' (french: La blonde de Pékin, it, La bionda di Pechino, german: Die Blonde von Peking, also known as ''Peking Blonde'') is a 1967 French-Italian-German adventure film written and directed by Nicolas Gessner. It is l ...
'' - screenplay
* 1969: ''
The Thirteen Chairs
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