The Hot Kid

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Adam Gillen

Samantha Dakin

Nathan Osgood

Luke Norris

Joe Jameson

Paul Heath

Shaun Mason

David Acton

Bettrys Jones

Ian Conningham

Elaine Claxton

Jane Slavin

Elmore Leonard

Katie Hims

Sasha Yevtushenko

The Hot Kid: 2. Shoot-out at Bald Mountain

2. Shoot-out at Bald Mountain

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Hot Kid, 2. Shoot-out at Bald Mountain

Louly reveals how she ran away with a bank robber before meeting a handsome US marshal.

Louly Brown’s letters to a prisoner led her to run away with a bank robber before meeting a US marshal. Stars Samantha Dakin.

Louly Brown tells of how her letters to Pretty Boy Floyd in prison led to her stealing her step-father's car and running away from home with a bank robber, before meeting the handsome Deputy Marshal Carl Webster at a fatal motel shoot-out. 

Meanwhile, Jack Belmont's illegal moonshine operation is threatened when his roadhouse is attacked by members of the Klan. 

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

Starring Samantha Dakin and Adam Gillen.   

Dramatised by Katie Hims.

Jack Belmont ....... Adam Gillen
Louly Brown ...... Samantha Dakin
Tony Antonelli ...... Nathan Osgood
Carl Webster ...... Luke Norris
Joe Young ...... Joe Jameson
Norm Dilworth ...... Paul Heath
Pretty Boy Flloyd ...... Shaun Mason
Virgil Webster ...... David Acton
Heidi Dilworth ...... Bettrys Jones
Nestor Lott ...... Ian Conningham
Sylvia Hagenlocker ...... Elaine Claxton
Filling Station Woman ...... Jane Slavin
 
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2015.

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Drama: Crime

Dramatic adaptation of Elmore Leonard's crime novel, set during America's Great Depression

Dramatic adaptation of Elmore Leonard's crime novel, set in Oklahoma and Kansas during America's Great Depression. Adapted by Katie Hims.

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