The Twelve Chairs (film)

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The Twelve Chairs, a 1928 novel by Soviet writers Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov, has been adapted for film numerous times, including:

• Las doce sillas, 1962 Spanish language Cuban film directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea.
• The Twelve Chairs, 1970 film directed by Mel Brooks, starring Frank Langella, Ron Moody, and Dom DeLuise.
• The Twelve Chairs, 1971 film directed by Leonid Gaidai, starring Archil Gomiashvili, Sergei Filippov, and Yuri Nikulin.
• The Twelve Chairs, 1976 miniseries directed by Mark Zakharov, starring Andrei Mironov, Anatoli Papanov, and Oleg Tabakov.
• The Rockford Files episode # 5 "Tall Girl in a Red Wagon" has a "The Twelve Chairs" like theme of black Comedy of "red herrings" and impossible plot holes in which Jim Rockford chases a never seen cache of missing money-and his only reward is being shot and nearly killed. All suspects apparently also end up chasing after the missing money as well.