Robert L Pike Bullitt

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Bullitt Robert L Pike's novel dramatised by Adrian Bean Gritty detective story set in the 52nd Precinct in New York, 1963.   Lt Clancy is assigned to protect an important Mafia witness   When he's found dead, Clancy only has a matter of hours to find the killer before his enemy, Assistant District Attorney Chalmers, finds out. Lieutenant Clancy ...... Jason Isaacs Ada Chalmers/Barnett/Renick/Johnny Rossi   ...... Kerry Shale Detective Kaprowski ...... Lou Hirsch Captain Wise/Johnny Rossi/Ships Officer   ...... John Biggins Dr Willard/Pete Rossi ...... Stephen Hogan Doc Freeman/Sergeant ...... Bruce Alexander Detenctive Mark Kelly ...... Sasha Pick Ann Renick/LAPD Officer   ...... Emerald O'Hanrahan Hotel Manager/Chalmers' Secretary   ...... Kate Layden Producer/Director Pauline Harris The Saturday Play: Sat 24th Oct 2009 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM Robert L. Fish was a truly versatile author. As capable in a humorous mode as in a suspenseful one, he was an author whose works could not be contained under one moniker alone. Under the Robert L. Pike pseudonym, Fish wrote Mute Witness, the classic hardboiled tale that would inspire one of Steve McQueen’s most memorable roles: Frank Bullitt. To protect a witness, a loose cannon of a cop takes on the whole mob Clancy doesn’t care that the shooter is a witness in an important trial. All he knows is that the guy has a gun—and no one pulls a gun on Lieutenant Clancy of the NYPD. Shooting the state’s witness earns Clancy a transfer to the backwater 52nd Precinct. To get his career on track, he is forced to accept a humiliating assignment: babysitting mob kingpin Johnny Rossi while he waits to testify before the crime commission. When a thug guns Rossi down in his hotel room, Clancy suspects the killer had a man inside. He will bring fiery justice to those responsible, whether the rats are in the mafia or in City Hall.

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