Wild Justice (novel)

Wild Justice
First edition
Author	Wilbur Smith
Country	South Africa
Language	English
Publisher	Heinemann
Publication date	1979

Wild Justice is an adventure novel by Wilbur Smith. It was partially set in The Seychelles where Smith had a home for a number of years.^[1]

It was the third best selling book in England in 1980.^[2]

The novel was published in the US as The Delta Decision.^[3]

TV adaptation

Wild Justice
Directed by	Tony Wharmby
Produced by	Paul Madigan
Written by	James Carrington
Based on	novel by Wilbur Smith
Starring	Roy Scheider Patricia Millardet Christopher Buchholz Sam Wanamaker
Release dates	1993
Running time	2 x 90 mins
Country	United States Canada
Language	English

The novel was filmed for TV in 1993 as a two-part miniseries.^[4]

It is also known as Covert Assassin.

Cast

Roy Scheider - Peter Stride
Patricia Millardet - Magda Altman
Christopher Buchholz - Colin Noble
Ted McGinley - Aubrey Billings
Clive Francis - Sir Steven
Sam Wanamaker - Kingston Parker
Kelly Marcel - Melissa Stride
Richard Ridings - Carl
Constantine Gregory - Sergei Bulov
David Yip - Wong
Kevork Malikyan - Ali Hassan
Rita Wolf - Vritra

References

↑ "Wilbur Smith in the Seychelles", Cerf Resort accessed 18 May 2012
↑ "Forsyth's devilry leads the charge: Alex Hamilton reviews a year of mixed fortunes in the paperback trade and presents his bestseller list for 1980". The Guardian. 6 December 1980. p. 10.
↑ Roraback, Dick (22 March 1981). "A hero drawn in need of a flaw plan". Los Angeles Times. p. M14.
↑ Kachmar, Diane C. (2002). Roy Scheider: A Film Biography. McFarland. p. 202. ISBN 9780786412013.

External links

Wild Justice at Pan McMillan
Wild Justice (film) at IMDB
Review of mini-series at Variety
Review of mini-series at People magazine

Works by Wilbur Smith

Novels	When the Lion Feeds (1964) The Dark of the Sun (1965) The Sound of Thunder (1966) Shout at the Devil (1968) Gold Mine (1970) The Diamond Hunters (1971) The Sunbird (1972) Eagle in the Sky (1974) The Eye of the Tiger (1975) Cry Wolf (1976) A Sparrow Falls (1977) Hungry as the Sea (1978) Wild Justice (1979) A Falcon Flies (1980) Men of Men (1981) The Angels Weep (1982) The Leopard Hunts in Darkness (1984) The Burning Shore (1985) Power of the Sword (1986) Rage (1987) A Time to Die (1989) Golden Fox (1990) Elephant Song (1991) River God (1994) The Seventh Scroll (1995) Birds of Prey (1997) Monsoon (1999) Warlock (2001) Blue Horizon (2003) The Triumph of the Sun (2005) The Quest (2007) Assegai (2009) Those in Peril (2011) Vicious Circle (2013) Desert God (2014)

Film/TV Adaptations	Dark of the Sun (1968) The Last Lion (1972) Gold (1974) The Kingfisher Caper (1975) Shout at the Devil (1976) Mountain of Diamonds (1991) (TV movie) Wild Justice (1994) (TV movie) The Seventh Scroll (1999) (mini-series) The Diamond Hunters (2001) (mini-series)

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