Elmore Leonard's enthralling criminal odyssey is set against the dusty, sun-kissed backdrop of Oklahoma and Kansas during America's Great Depression.

Carl Webster is a rising star in the US Marshals Service, one of the elite man-hunters currently chasing the likes of Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, and Pretty Boy Floyd across America's Depression-ravaged heartland.

Meanwhile, Jack Belmont, the wayward son of an oil millionaire, wants to be public enemy number one. The lives of the cop and robber criss-cross repeatedly before finally confronting in an inevitable showdown.

Starring Luke Norris and Adam Gillen.

Dramatised in four parts by Katie Hims.

Carl Webster ...... Luke Norris
Jack Belmont ...... Adam Gillen
Louly Brown ...... Samantha Dakin
Tony Antonelli ...... Nathan Osgood
Virgil Webster ...... David Acton
Heidi Dilworth ...... Bettrys Jones
Emmet Long ...... Shaun Mason
Marshal Bob McMahon ...... Ian Conningham
Oris Belmont ...... John Chancer
Doris Belmont ...... Elaine Claxton
Norm Dilworth ...... Paul Heath
Nancy Polis ...... Roslyn Hill
Crystal Lee Davidson ...... Hannah Genesius
Mr Deering ...... Michael Bertenshaw

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2015. Show less