Movie: Coup!

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Jared Harris
Jared Harris

Simon Mann

Robert Bathurst
Robert Bathurst

Mark Thatcher

Lucy Cohu
Lucy Cohu

Amanda Mann

Rupert Vansittart
Rupert Vansittart

Roddy Hamilton

Caroline Blakiston
Caroline Blakiston

Margaret Thatcher

Joe Mason
Joe Mason

Sandy Mann

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    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'.

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    2006-06-30

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