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Coup!

June 30, 2006

90 minutes

Simon Cellan Jones

Drama

Overview

Dramatisation of the abortive real-life attempt by Simon Mann to organise a coup to take over Equatorial Guinea in 2004. The case achieved notoriety because one of the financial backers of the project was Sir Mark Thatcher, son of British ex-PM 'Margaret Thatcher'.

Movie Details

Release Date

June 30, 2006

Runtime

90 minutes

Director

Simon Cellan Jones

Production Companies

BBC

Cast

Jared Harris

Simon Mann

Robert Bathurst

Mark Thatcher

Lucy Cohu

Amanda Mann

Rupert Vansittart

Roddy Hamilton

Caroline Blakiston

Margaret Thatcher

Joe Mason

Sandy Mann