The Golden Gate
Ref: 2735
Published: 1976Synopsis:
A ROLLING FORT KNOX
is how the journalists describe the Presidential motorcade as it enters San Francisco across the Golden Gate. Even the ever-watchful FBI believe it is impregnable – as it has to be with the President and two Arab potentates aboard.
But halfway across the bridge the unthinkable happens. Before the eyes of the world a master criminal pulls off the most spectacular kidnapping in modern times…
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Main Characters
| April Wednesday | TV company fashion photographer | ||
| O'Hare | Doctor - on ambulance, aids Revson in combating the criminals | ||
| Van Effen | Branson's lieutenant- criminal | ||
| Prince | Prince of a Middle Eastern State with oil - kidnapped | ||
| King | King of a Middle Eastern country with oil - kidnapped | ||
| General Cartland | Chief of Staff - kidnapped | ||
| Paul Revson | FBI agent who saves the day | ||
| Peter Branson | 38 | Runs the team who kidnap the President, King, Prince and the Golden Gate Bridge - chief criminal |
Other Characters
| Rogers | Explosives specialist | ||
| Milton | Secretary for State | ||
| Jensen (Harriman) | Criminal - pretneds to be Jensen - Head of the FBI in California | ||
| Chrysler | Criminal | ||
| Muir | Under-secretary - kidnapped | ||
| Boyann | Communications soldier | ||
| Bernard Hendrix | Chief of Police | ||
| Peters | Criminal | ||
| John Quarry | Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| Grafton | Reporter for A.P. (Associated Press) | ||
| Dougan | Reporter for Reuters | ||
| Carmody | Explosives specialist | ||
| Commander Pearson | Commands a submarine | ||
| Kylenski | Food specialist | ||
| General Carter | General | ||
| Admiral Newson | Admiral | ||
| James Hagenbach | Head of the FBI | ||
| Vice-President Richards | Vice-president of the USA | ||
| Kowalski | Criminal | ||
| John Morrison | Mayor of San Francisco | ||
| Mahoney | Policeman who is tied up to steal the patrol car | ||
| Parker | Criminal | ||
| Giscard | Criminal | ||
| Lieutenant Martinez | Helicopter pilot - government - tied up | ||
| Lieutenant Ashbridge | Helicopter pilot - government - tied up | ||
| Bradley | Helicopter pilot - criminal | ||
| Johnson | Helicopter pilot - criminal | ||
| Reston | Explosives expert - criminal | ||
| Nimitz | Policeman who is tied up to steal the patrol car | ||
| Yonnie | Criminal | ||
| Hansen | Energy Czar to the president - dies through hastily eating contaminated food | ||
| Sheikh Kharan | Oil minister to the Prince - kidnapped | ||
| Sheikh Iman | Oil minister to the King | ||
| Commander Eysenck | Manages US Naval Air Station Alameda |
Articles for The Golden Gate
| Date | Title | Source | Author | Other books | Paywall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-23 | The Golden Gate by Alistair MacLean (1976) | Books & Books | Simon |