I RECEIVE ABOUT 200 EMAILS EVERY WEEK FROM JAMES BOND 007 FANS AROUND THE WORLD ASKING ABOUT GEOFFREY JENKINS, THE FAMOUS ADVENTURE WRITER FROM SOUTH AFRICA, WHO WAS A PROTEGE’ OF JAMES BOND 007 AUTHOR IAN FLEMING, and who himself wrote the first James Bond continuation novel PER FINE OUNCE for the IAN FLEMING ESTATE (See Ian Fleming Publications, formerly Glidrose Productions, Ltd.)

When it was decided that PER FINE OUNCE would not be published most participants in the matter I am certain thought the matter closed. I am most certain Geoffrey Jenkins himself who went on from strength-to-strength and success-to-success would be happily amused by all the attention he is getting today (2011) about a manuscript written so long ago (1966.) Jenkins was a great man and a great author and he never looked back.

But 1966 was indeed then and now is now and things are quite different. Jenkins furor is building around the world as James Bond fans assert their right to read PER FINE OUNCE (with Bond or without Bond as the central hero.) Indeed, PER FINE OUNCE has become the “most famous unpublished book in the world,” thanks to James Bond fans clammering to get their Geoffrey Jenkins 007 fix. Jenkins’ writing, let’s face it, is some of the most addictive writing since Conan Doyle or Fleming himself.

The name Geoffrey Jenkins is now so carefully linked to the James Bond universe—thanks in part to James Bond fans on the internet—that one wonders what would happen if the original manuscript—considered lost—-suddenly re-appeared. Would the magic—the holy grail legend and karma that surrounds it—prevail? We, at Geoffrey Jenkins Publications, believe it would.

IT IS A CURIOUS PHENOMENA to me to realize that Geoffrey Jenkins is today more famous for a James Bond 007 novel that went unpublished than all the other Bond continuation novelists combined who did publish their James Bond stories. The Geoffrey Jenkins name and his Bond thriller PER FINE OUNCE are quickly overshadowing his contemporaries, Kingsley Amis writing as Robert Markham in “Colonel Sun” and John Gardner ( Licence Renewed, Scorpio, and others) in the claim to fame department. While their stars are slightly dimming into the past—no, they will never be forgotten—the Geoffrey Jenkins star is constantly ascending (rising high in the Bond literary firmament) in the east—a reminder that a great adventure writer (See “A Twist of Sand” and the wonderful “Hunter Killer”)—a man whose works were compared to a modern day H. Ryder Haggard (King Solomon’s Mines) and to Alistair MacLean (The Guns of Navarone)—for sheer story telling power and suspense. Jenkins has few equals.

THE TRUE BOND FANS who write to me and the Geoffrey Jenkins estate (we get as many inquiries now as Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., the Burroughs estate that owns “Tarzan’) want to read PER FINE OUNCE and the best we can do here is to ask them to wait until the publication of GEOFFREY JENKINS’ PER FINE OUNCE by PETER BORCHARD, which is set for publication next year. The Bond fans do not seem to care that James Bond 007 was removed from the original story—”They Want the Story…!” He is replaced, of course, by COMMANDER GEOFFREY PEACE, that handsome-robust hero of “A Twist of Sand” and Jenkins’ second most famous thriller, “Hunter Killer.”

“HUNTER KILLER,” of course, was a novel greatly admired by Bond producer HARRY SALTZMAN. This renowned thriller pre-dates by one year (1966) the Sean Connery James Bond film, “YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE,’ in which Bond is blown through a torpedo tube into the Sea of Japan from a “hunter killer” class nuclear powered submarine. IAN FLEMING never wrote such a scene. GEOFFREY JENKINS DID and it’s in the original HUNTER KILLER—NOT THE PROPOSED FILM from RELATIVITY MEDIA due out in December, 2012.

IT HAS ONLY RECENTLY COME TO MY ATTENTION that Mr. Saltzman, who shared the same London attorneys—HARBOTTLE & LEWIS—with Geoffrey Jenkins—may have been considering doing a Commander Peace film series starting with a film of the now classic novel, HUNTER KILLER. It is also suggested that Mr. Saltzman only abandoned the plan due to his involvement as producer in the LEN DEIGHTON inspired films, “THE IPCRESS FILE,” “FUNERAL IN BERLIN,” and “THE BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN,” all of which starred Sir Michael Caine as low-tech secret agent HARRY PALMER. A forth Michael Caine-Harry Palmer film, “HORSE UNDER WATER,” was cancelled by Mr. Saltzman after sagging box office receipts of “The Billion Dollar Brain.” By that time—any thoughts of doing HUNTER KILLER were abandoned and Harry Saltzman concentrated on his next James Bond film, “ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE,” starring the incomparable GEORGE LAZENBY—considered by many fans today as an “outstanding 007″—ranked equally with SIR SEAN CONNERY—”as the best James Bond ever in the best James Bond film ever made…..”

JUST AS THE GEOFFREY JENKINS ESTATE IS NEGOTIATING A THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURE ENTITLED “HUNTER KILLER,’ BASED UPON THE FAMOUS 1966 THRILLER BY GEOFFREY JENKINS, IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED IN HOLLYWOOD THAT A SECOND MOTION PICTURE ALSO ENTITLED “HUNTER KILLER” TO BE DIRECTED BY PHILIP NOYCE IS IN THE WORKS. THE SCREEN WRITER FOR GEOFFREY JENKINS’  “HUNTER KILLER” WAS BROUGHT ON BOARD EARLIER THIS YEAR  AND A SCREENPLAY IS BEING WRITTEN.

“THE GEOFFREY JENKINS ESTATE HAS EVERY INTENTION OF FOLLOWING-THROUGH WITH THEIR “HUNTER KILLER,’ REGARDLESS IF HOLLYWOOD PRODUCES FIFTY ‘HUNTER KILLERS,’ AS WE WERE FIRST AND FOREMOST,” RONALD PAYNE, AGENT FOR THE ESTATE OF GEOFFREY JENKINS SAID EARLIER THIS WEEK. “YES, THE PRODUCERS IN LOS ANGELES CAN REGISTER A TITLE—BUT TITLES CANNOT BE COPYRIGHTED—AND SO RATHER THAN TAKE THEM TO COURT, WE ARE SIMPLY GOING TO PROCEED WITH WHAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS NOW FOR MORE THAN EIGHTEEN MONTHS. OUR BOOK HAS SOLD MILLIONS OF COPIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THERE IS NO REASON FOR US TO GO INTO RETREAT. WE WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK AS WE OUTLINE ‘HUNTER KILLER ONE’ AND THE MANY SEQUELS TO FOLLOW.”

PAYNE, WHEN ASKED LATER IN THE DAY BY A PRESS REPORTER HOW HE THOUGHT ALL THIS MIGHT WORK OUT: “NOT TO WORRY, SON. WE’RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT CHANGING THE TITLE OF ‘HUNTER KILLER’ TO ‘FIRING POINT…” (THAT’S THE NAME OF THE ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL FOR THE OTHER PRODUCTION….)

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*All opinions are strickly those of the author and do not reflect the feelings or opinions of the publisher-This Site.  Brenda Wise

RONALD PAYNE, agent for the Geoffrey Jenkins Estate

September 21, 2011

As agent for the Geoffrey Jenkins estate I have been requested to put Relativity Media and its associates on notice. The title “HUNTER KILLER,’ “GEOFFREY JENKINS’ HUNTER KILLER” AND “COMMANDER GEOFFREY PEACE” are Registered Trademarks of Geoffrey Jenkins Publications. (2.) Geoffrey Jenkins wrote and published “HUNTER KILLER” in (1966) and the novel has sold in excess of 30,000,000 copies worldwide. The story that is being used by Relativity Media is based upon a lesser known novel entitled, “Firing Point.” The Geoffrey Jenkins estate and Thornfield Productions, Inc., are currently in pre-production for “HUNTER KILLER” based upon the Geoffrey Jenkins classic. And, by the way, the plot of the Relativity Media picture is so similar to the original Jenkins story that we believe that the producers are crossing the line one more time. Our atomic submarine Commander Geoffrey Peace averts World War 3 with the Russians and his precious cargo is the Vice President of the United States. In their story, World War 3 is averted with the Russians and their precious cargo is the President of Russia. The Geoffrey Jenkins estate is in the process of investigating this situation and are bringing in their literary forensic experts to determine what is happening. The Los Angeles entertainment attorneys for the estate are on stand-by and suggesting that there are more than seven determined places where their script needs to be changed. (More later as information comes back to us.) Ronald Payne, agent for the Geoffrey Jenkins estate. (See Geoffrey Jenkins Publications on the internet and at B.A. Wise Consulting blog about Geoffrey Jenkins. Also, www.spywise.net for the Dr. Wesley Britton articles on writer Geoffrey Jenkins.

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RONALD PAYNE, agent for the Geoffrey Jenkins Estat

September 21, 2011

NOTICE TO NEAL MORITZ’S ORIGINAL FILMS AND RELATIVITY MEDIA FROM THE GEOFFREY JENKINS ESTATE, DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA: I am the agent for the GEOFFREY JENKINS ESTATE. This entity owns all rights in the world famous character COMMANDER GEOFFREY PEACE and the TRADEMARKED TITLES “HUNTER KILLER” and “GEOFFREY JENKINS’S HUNTER KILLER.” These rights are extremely valuable to the Geoffrey Jenkins estate, and are zealously guarded against any unauthorized use. (2.) We have recently become aware that Neal Moritz’s Original Films and Relativity Media are infringing on these valuable intellectual property rights, both through their publicity for a film entitled, “HUNTER KILLER,” based upon a novel entitled “FIRING POINT” by DON KEITH and GEORGE WALLACE, which your companies are co-producing and distributing. Specifically, you have posted pictures of director Philip Noyce and created articles indicating that your picture entitled “HUNTER KILLER” will be released late in 2012. (3.) The aforementioned conduct constitutes copyright infringment, Trademark infringement, false endorsement, and false designation of origin in violation of Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, and unfair competition in violation of state and federal law. (4.) Accordingly, the GEOFFREY JENKINS ESTATE demands that you immediately refrain from marketing materials with this name “HUNTER KILLER,” or any other name using or mimicing the plot or characters from the famous novel HUNTER KILLER (1966) by GEOFFREY JENKINS, character of Commander Geoffrey Peace (submarine Captain) or any other motion picture or character using Commander Peace (See “A Twist of Sand,” (1968) starring Richard Johnson and Honor Blackman for reference.) In order to comply with this demand, you must cease the print and electronic distribution of any current or future materials promoting a film entitled “HUNTER KILLER,” which infringes the Geoffrey Jenkins Copyrights and Trademarks throughout the world–and which are deemed “protected materials.” In addition, the Geoffrey Jenkins Estate demands that you provide an accounting of any and all revenues collected since you began using the Trademarked title “HUNTER KILLER” or marketing the aforementioned merchandize, and confirm in writing the steps you have taken in complying with the terms of this correspondence (notice) in a public forum. PLEASE BE ADVISED that failure to comply with these demands will cause the GEOFFREYJENKINS ESTATE to take appropriate legal action to protect their rights and interests in “HUNTER KILLER,” (a film now in development by the Geoffrey Jenkins Estate in partnership with Thornfield Productions, Inc.) and to seek all injunctions, damages, fees and costs to which they are entitled under law. The foregoing is not intended to be a full recitation of the rights of Geoffrey Jenkins estate and/or Geoffrey Jenkins Publications. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any rights, claims or remedies in connection with this matter, all of which are expressly reserved. Very truly yours, RONALD PAYNE, OFFICIAL AGENT FOR THE GEOFFREY JENKINS ESTATE and GEOFFREY JENKINS PUBLICATIONS.

As posted credit to:  http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=81304
Read more: Phillip Noyce Won’t Direct Hunter Killer – ComingSoon.net http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=81304#ixzz1YauIgIfB

ANOTHER ‘HUNTER KILLER’ MOVIE IS OUT THERE….BUT GEOFFREY JENKINS ‘HUNTER KILLER’ IS ON IT’S WAY TO THE BIG SCREEN!

JUST AS THE GEOFFREY JENKINS ESTATE IS NEGOTIATING A THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURE ENTITLED “HUNTER KILLER,’ BASED UPON THE FAMOUS 1966 THRILLER BY GEOFFREY JENKINS, IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED IN HOLLYWOOD THAT A SECOND MOTION PICTURE ALSO ENTITLED “HUNTER KILLER” TO BE DIRECTED BY PHILIP NOYCE IS IN THE WORKS. THE SCREEN WRITER FOR GEOFFREY JENKINS’  “HUNTER KILLER” WAS BROUGHT ON BOARD EARLIER THIS YEAR  AND A SCREENPLAY IS BEING WRITTEN.

“THE GEOFFREY JENKINS ESTATE HAS EVERY INTENTION OF FOLLOWING-THROUGH WITH THEIR “HUNTER KILLER,’ REGARDLESS IF HOLLYWOOD PRODUCES FIFTY ‘HUNTER KILLERS,’ AS WE WERE FIRST AND FOREMOST,” RONALD PAYNE, AGENT FOR THE ESTATE OF GEOFFREY JENKINS SAID EARLIER THIS WEEK. “YES, THE PRODUCERS IN LOS ANGELES CAN REGISTER A TITLE—BUT TITLES CANNOT BE COPYRIGHTED—AND SO RATHER THAN TAKE THEM TO COURT, WE ARE SIMPLY GOING TO PROCEED WITH WHAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS NOW FOR MORE THAN EIGHTEEN MONTHS. OUR BOOK HAS SOLD MILLIONS OF COPIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THERE IS NO REASON FOR US TO GO INTO RETREAT. WE WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK AS WE OUTLINE ‘HUNTER KILLER ONE’ AND THE MANY SEQUELS TO FOLLOW.”

PAYNE, WHEN ASKED LATER IN THE DAY BY A PRESS REPORTER HOW HE THOUGHT ALL THIS MIGHT WORK OUT: “NOT TO WORRY, SON. WE’RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT CHANGING THE TITLE OF ‘HUNTER KILLER’ TO ‘FIRING POINT…” (THAT’S THE NAME OF THE ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL FOR THE OTHER PRODUCTION….)

JAMES ELLSWORTH, PRODUCER OF JOHNNY CASH’S FIRST MOTION PICTURE, “FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE,” HAS DIED….MR. ELLSWORTH ALSO PRODUCED “CHESTY: TRIBUTE TO A LEGEND,” STARRING JOHN WAYNE

JAMES ELLSWORTH, WHO PRODUCED JOHNNY CASH’S FIRST MOTION PICTURE, “FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE,” HAS DIED. HE WAS EIGHTY-FOUR. MR. ELLSWORTH, who was born JAMES RAYNOR AILSWORTH IN DELTAVILLE, VIRGINIA, was one of eleven children, when at age 15 he lied about his age and joined the Merchant Marines during World War 2, crossing the Atlantic 36 times, before being found out as “under age” and dismissed to the custody of his parents, Captain Robert Dea Ailsworth and his mother, Lelia. Ellsworth did not remain at home long and soon found himself playing semi-professional baseball, which took him all the way to Los Angeles, California, where he was personally hired by elusive billionaire, Howard Hughes, to paint bathrooms, while the aviator-film producer was creating the sensational film production, “The Outlaw,” with the newly discovered and beautifully buxom Jane Russell, whose pictures and billboards were stationed all over Hollywood and the rest of the nation when Ellsworth first arrived in California. Within a month after his hiring by Hughes, Ellsworth, whose name was Ailsworth, at the time, found himself re-assigned to the set of “The Outlaw,” and this became his first professional experience working in motion pictures. Ellsworth and Jane Russell became extremely good friends, and it was she who encouraged him to remain in the business. After changing his name legally to Ellsworth (mostly to elude his parents, who wanted him to return home toVirginia) he sold Christmas trees in Beverly Hills beside another up-and-coming producer by the name of Albert R. ‘Cubby’ Broccoli, who would later become an agent and in England the producer of the James Bond 007 series. In the 1950s, Mr. Ellsworth, who greatly resembled the actor John Gavin, moved into television production with his first series entitled, “Champions of Sports,” which aired on Sunday afternoons on the NBC television network. One of his close friends, Ron Waller, the football great, made several appearances before becoming the head coach of “The Norfolk Neptunes” in 1971. In 1960, Mr. Ellsworth produced Johnny Cash’s first movie, “Five Minutes to Live,” in which Cash portrayed a psychotic bank robber. The picture is more famous today for its stellar cast which included Ron Howard (then billed as Ronny Howard, who went on to ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ and ‘Happy Days,’ and later became the producer and founder of Imagine Entertainment, along with Brian Glazer.) Other famous cast members were Donald Woods, who portrayed ‘Perry Mason’ on the radio and in one film; Pamela Mason, the wife of famed British star ‘James Mason,” (See ‘Lolita,’ ‘Walt Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,’ ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth,’ and others); Vic Tayback, in his first feature film role, who went on to television stardom as Mel in Linda Lavin’s ‘Alice,’ on CBS. The film premiered in Richmond,Virginiain 1960 in time for Governor Lindsey Almond’s inauguration, and was a drive-in movie success for American-International Pictures, which later re-issued the film as “Door-to-Door Maniac.” It is currently available on DVD under its original title. In 1962, Mr. Ellsworth bought the film rights to ‘MARINE!’ by author Burke Davis, which was the Official Biography of Lt. General Lewis B. ‘Chesty’ Puller,’ the most decorated U.S. Marine in history. It cost Mr. Ellsworth $180,000 and soon Mr. Ellsworth had assigned the screen writing chores to Harry Brown (author of “A Walk in Sun”) and Bernie Ley, Jr academy award winner for Gregory Peck’s “Twelve O’Clock High.” Mr. Ellsworth’s intention was to star John Wayne as Puller, with Academy Award winner John Ford (“Stagecoach,” “The Grapes of Wrath,” “How Green Was My Valley,” directing.) In 1969, Ellsworth, Wayne and Ford produced the color documentary, “Chesty: Tribute to a Legend,” a 90 minute theatrical release, as a pre-cursor to their anticipated theatrical film of Puller’s life. The motion picture version of “MARINE!” was still un-produced at the time of Mr. Ellsworth’s death, which was attributed to Alzheimer’s and diabetes. Also, during the 1960s,  Ellsworth was partnered with Academy Award winning director Delbert Mann ( See “Marty,” with Ernest Borgnine and “Separate Tables,” with David Niven, Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr) in “Richmond-Confederate Productions, Inc.” of Hollywood, which was created to produce the theatrical motion picture “LEE,” based upon a biography of General Robert E. Lee by Clifford Dowdey. The film script was written by historian Rick Hardman. Ellsworth’s friends Charlton Heston, George C. Scott, John Wayne, Paul Newman, Lee Marvin, Eddie Albert, Scott Brady (See “Johnny Guitar,” with Joan Crawford and the television series, “Shotgun Slade”) and even Tony Curtis, all approached Ellsworth about starring in the “Lee” film.)/ Mr. Ellsworth’s long standing friendship with the actor, Scott Brady, was well known in Hollywood. “We helped each other out a lot,” Mr. Ellsworth said of Brady, who died in 1985. “He was my best friend.” Brady, the brother of Laurence Tierney (“Dillinger”), was known for his macho-charisma, heavy drinking, Camel cigarettes, and his beloved Chevy cruiser which he drove everywhere. His last picture was “Goonies,” for Steven Spielberg. “When Scott died, I sent his widow a dozen red roses,” Ellsworth said fondly, later in life. “We were buds. Just like Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda. He was a great movie actor. He was even great in ‘Operation Bikini,’ and that’s saying a lot.” Ellsworth and Brady often worked together—most notably on the 1960 television series, “Shotgun Slade,” in which Brady portrayed a Peter Gunn type investigator in the Old West.

JOHN CALLEY, THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO OF SONY PICTURES, WHO WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF THIS SITE, HAS DIED AT AGE 81. Mr. Calley who at one time helmed Warner Brothers Pictures and later United Artists Corporation before moving on to Sony mentored many of Hollywood’s elite, including Amy Pascal, the current head of Sony Pictures in Culver City, California. In 1998 Mr. Calley was embroidered in extreme controversy when he partnered with Irish film producer, KEVIN McCLORY, in an attempt to start a second JAMES BOND film franchise. Mr. Calley was attacked by the “Official James Bond” producers, led by Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli for “taking important confidential information about the James Bond 007 character from the files of United Artists, when he resigned as that company’s top executive.” Mr. Calley never waivered in his decision about Mr. McClory’s rights—won in a London court in 1963 ”which charged James Bond author Ian Fleming with plagiarism for creating the novel THUNDERBALL from an original script by McClory, Jack Whittingham and Ian Fleming—without permission or acknowledgement.” The proposed film of “Warhead,” Mr. Calley insisted, “was based on one of ten original script treatments created in 1959 by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham and Ian Fleming in Jamaica for Xanadu Productions, Ltd., which was created by Ian Fleming, Kevin McClory and Fleming’s friend, Ivor Bryce for the exclusive purpose of bringing James Bond 007 to the screen in his first wide screen Technicolor  adventure—which Mr. McClory convinced Mr. Fleming should be “shot mostly underwater where the villains—an organisation called SPECTRE led by Ernst Stavro Blofeld—deliver their stolen atomic bombs to be hidden by camouflage at the bottom of the ocean.” When Mr. McClory read that Ian Fleming had published his novel, “Thunderball,” based upon their script—a clear case of Copyright infringement according to Mr.Calley—and that Harry Saltzman and Albert R. ‘Cubby” Broccoli had optioned the screen rights as their first James Bond outing—Mr. McClory sued and won. (See “The Battle for Bond” by Robert Sellers www.tomahawkpress.com ) Mr. Calley reluctantly abandoned production plans for “Warhead,” after attorneys for Sony convinced him that the “court entanglements would delay their production indefinitely and cost the studios millions.” Sony signed-off on the project and relinquished the rights to “Casino Royale,” which was produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli in 2006 for MGM/Danjaq. That film starred Daniel Craig in his debut as James Bond 007. Mr. Calley was an “innovative and powerful creative force in the motion picture industry” and he will be sorely missed by the many who  admired him and knew him as mentor and friend. For more on “WARHEAD,” go to:   www.mypdfscripts.com/unproduced/warhead The script was written by former James Bond 007 Sir Sean Connery, Len Deighton ( “The Ipcress Files”) and Kevin McClory at McClory’s home in County Kildare, Ireland in 1976.

Copyright 2011

Author: Peter Borchard

Publisher: iUniverse Publishing

ISBN-10: 1462034454:   ISBN-13: 978-1462034451

Also available at AMAZON.COM

Relentless Pursuit is a historical novel set in the middle of the first decade of the 20^th century in Angola and Southwest Africa. It was a time when the region was controlled by European colonial powers, and the indigenous peoples were none too happy about it. The central character is Werner von Dewitz, a German officer in the army of Kaiser Wilhelm II assigned the task of infiltrating a gun-running operation that is causing political turmoil when it crosses borders between German and Portuguese run regions. In particular, the guns are being sold to the Herero, a native tribe revolting against the imperialism that oppresses them. Fluent in several languages,   Dewitz plays a Portuguese manufacturing representative to get inside the gun brokers network while working with military officers and intelligence agents of two countries in his, well, relentless pursuit of the outlaws.

The book is gripping and engrossing on several levels. For one matter, the settings are vividly sketched with constantly changing battlegrounds from steam ships to rail trains to desert forts to wagon trains to a diamond mine to barges and warships as man fights man and man fights nature. Borchard is adept at capturing the terrain of a continent he knows first-hand and is believable in bringing the time period alive in an era of telegrams, wagon trains, and German military officers with monocles and waxed mustaches who can dance to waltzes.

The story is fast-paced with Dewitz quickly moving from one setting to another with a growing circle of comrades who have sub-plots of their own. For example, representing the Portuguese government, Captain Louis de Sousa is an amiable and reliable comrade in arms as are the native servants, Philippe and Paulo. At any given time, Werner and his aides are exploring one angle of the investigation while Louis and his friends are pursuing another. They need this multiple assault as the operation they are uncovering has one layer after another they must crack open to lead to the ultimate kingpin. Then there are the two women competing for Werner’s affections, Maria, the mistress of gun runner Dos Santos, and Dorothea Eggers, the nurse who attends Werner’s wounds more than once in a desert mission.

Relentless Pursuit is rich high adventure of the old-fashioned variety with well-sketched characters, continually shifting rough and wild settings, and trails winding through political corruption, conflicting loyalties, and impassioned duels with both European and native weapons of war. It reads like a classic that could have been written during the time in which it is set and is well worth wider appreciation. One suspects the name Peter Borchard is going to become one associated with action-adventure of a high quality indeed.  

 Reviewer Dr. Wesley Britton: Dr. Britton is the author of four books on espionage in literature and the media. He is also co-host of the online radio program, Dave White Presents, for which he interviews authors, musicians, and entertainment insiders. His website is www.spywise.net; the radio program is archived at http://www.audioentertainment.org/dwp.

Dr. Britton teaches English at Harrisburg Area Community College.

RONALD BRUCE BRADLEY, A FORMER ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEER FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN WASHINGTON, D.C., HAS DIED. HE WAS 73 YEARS OF AGE. MR. BRADLEY, WHO SUFFERED FROM OCPD, IN HIS LATER YEARS BECAME A GOOD FRIEND AND ‘MOTION PICTURE ADVISOR’ TO RONALD PAYNE, WHO OFTEN WRITES FOR THIS WEBSITE. MOST WEDNESDAYS THE “TWO RONS” ATTENDED MOTION PICTURE SHOWINGS AT THE “REGAL THEATRE” IN NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, “THE YORK RIVER CROSSING THEATRE” AT GLOUCESTER POINT, VIRGINIA OR ‘THE HILLSIDE CINEMA’ IN GLOUCESTER COURT HOUSE, where the two would watch and critique the latest openings from Hollywood and abroad, often critiquing the pictures they had just seen, with an eye toward producing better movies than the ones currently being  shown at the box office.

“RON BRADLEY had a great sense of story and directing and knew instantly whether a new film was any good or not. We didn’t always agree on what made a great motion picture, but when Ron told you what he thought of any particular film it was always magic. When we couldn’t find the movies we wanted in the Hampton Roads area, which included Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk and Virginia Beach, we often took-off for Richmond eighty miles in the opposite direction. Movies meant a lot to Ron, ” Mr. Payne said from his offices.

In the last four years, Ron Bradley advised Payne on what he thought would make a great Commander Geoffrey Peace movie, referring especially to PER FINE OUNCE, which was originally written by Geoffrey Jenkins as a James Bond 007 continuation novel for the Ian Fleming estate. When the novel (written in 1966) was not published, the story created for James Bond reverted to the author, with James Bond reverting to what was then known as Glidrose Publications, Ltd., owned by the Ian Fleming heirs./ “Ron Bradley knew the PER FINE OUNCE story backwards and forwards. He advised me on every aspect of  the film’s forthcoming production (set for the fall of 2012.) His first words of advice: ‘don’t even attempt to compete with the James Bond producers. Do your own thing. Make it exciting, just as Jenkins made it exciting. You don’t need an overload of action heaped upon action. Sometimes ‘less is more,’ and if you have a good star and supporting cast, a good director and strong script—it will all work out. Hitchcock knew how to create suspense without blowing anything to smithereens. Hitchcock knew that it was the audience’s anticipation of the bomb blowing the hero and heroine to smithereens that made the movie a heart-pounding event.”

RON BRADLEY is survived by his wife VALERIE HOLDEN BRADLEY, originally from the U.K., and their son, SCOTT BRADLEY and his wife and five children, who reside in the Washington, D.C. area.

RON BRADLEY loved all of the ‘Harry Potter’ films and most of the films produced and directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG. His favorite Spielberg produced film was “YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES.”

Mr. Bradley also collected on DVD all of the ‘Charlie Chan’ films starring Warner Oland and Sidney Toler, and the complete collections of all the ’Bulldog Drummond’ and ‘Sherlock Holmes’ films.

“To say that he was film scholar and an expert on cinema would be an understatement,” Ronald Payne said this morning. “He knew a great deal about almost every motion picture ever made anywhere, right from the silent era to the present. “

The much awaited GEORGE LAZENBY-VIC FLICK EVENT on DAVE WHITE PRESENTS which was broadcast over www.entertainment.org/dwp and hosted by DR. WES BRITTON last Tuesday night, August 16, 2011 was by all accounts a WINNER TAKE ALL EVENT for JAMES BOND 007 fans across the globe. The show received exceptionally high marks from Bond critics around the world and is being called “A CLASSIC MOMENT IN THE JAMES BOND UNIVERSE”  by almost everyone connected to the fantastic world of double-0-seven.

GEORGE LAZENBY fans abounded and tuned in from Morocco to Paris to Istanbul to Hong Kong to Los Angeles and New York and London. “Mr. Lazenby was exceptional in this one,” said John Peterson of Toms River, New Jersey, shortly after the broadcast. “This was a real James Bond moment and adding Vic Flick to the mix just added to the excitement. I intend to listen in again, and am delighted that Dave White is repeating the show. I listened in to Daniel Craig’s radio moment earlier, but it did not compare to the George Lazenby-Vic Flick interview. I loved Craig, but there is simply no comparison to George Lazenby, who after all this time, is still the real deal. The real Bond for the ages. “

Sanda Dorgan of West Palm Beach said: “It was a great night of entertainment. George Lazenby is still fit. I wish they would cast him as James Bond again.I know he’s 71, but he’s biologically about 40 years old. That man is really a tiger, and his appearance on Dave White just goes to show that George Lazenby still IS James Bond—regardless of who else plays the role. Only Connery comes close. The best radio show Dave White has had since George Lazenby appeared solo the first time.

Donald Shelton of Norfolk, Virginia commented: “Yeah…the George Lazaenby-Vic Flick duo was stupendous…Like a re-union of the Beatles. A once in a lifetime event…”

Fran Rogers of Charleston, West Virginia commented: “I intend to listen to it at least five or six more times. I hope Mr. Lazenby and Vic Flick do it all over again….What an exciting night for James Bond fans. It was unmatched anywhere else….”

COPIES OF A PIRATED EDITION OF “PER FINE OUNCE,” THE LOST JAMES BOND THRILLER BY GEOFFREY JENKINS, WHICH IS SET IN SOUTH AFRICA, WERE RECENTLY OFFERED FORSALEON THE INTERNET. According to the offer, the book was published in East Germany in the late 1960s.

(2.) IT HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED that a pirated edition of the novel was published in a Russian paperback in 1968. According to a man calling himself Mr. Meshevan, “It was an obscure press in Moscow and the paperback featured Sean Connery’s likeness on the cover.” Mr. Meshavan also says, “There were several pirated James Bond novels in Russia circulating at the time. I knew about Ian Fleming, but I actually read Geoffrey Jenkins, thinking he was the new Bond writer. I thought his book was very good. Then, there came more Bond novels from this same press that simply said by Fleming or by Jenkins. No first names. The later books intrigued me because 007 defected and became a double agent for the KGB and a Russian hero working against the west. Sean Connery’s photo was on each one. I never realized I was reading anything unofficial or unauthorized. I was simply a teenager who loved reading adventure stories. To me, it did not matter which side Bond worked for, as long as the writing moved along at a clip.”

(3.) THE GEOFFREY JENKINS ESTATE would like to hear from anyone who might own or know the whereabouts of either the East German or Russian editions of ‘PER FINE OUNCE.’  Drop us a line.

Addendum: “The unauthorized (pirated) edition of PER FINE OUNCE by GEOFFREY JENKINS, featuring James Bond, printed and published in East Germany,” according to Mr. Meshevan, “was available from www.bidorbuy.co.za/ ”  Suddenly has disappeared from that site!