Editing Jonathan Wild (section)

==In popular culture==
*In 1969, [[James Clavell]]'s [[screenplay]] for the film ''[[Where's Jack?]]'' told the story of Jack Shepherd ([[Tommy Steele]]) with Wild ([[Stanley Baker]]) being depicted as a suave and sinister criminal mastermind.
* Songwriter [[Jimmy Webb]] describes Wild's life and subsequent hanging in the 1977 song "[[Highwayman (song)|Highwayman]]".<ref name=River>{{cite web|title=Highwayman. Jimmy Webb, 1977 (translated)|url=https://riverofcountry.wordpress.com/2015/04/13/highwayman-jimmy-webb-1977/|website=River of Country|date=13 April 2015 |access-date=13 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1985 Original Country 'Supergroup' Takes The Highway To The Top Of The Charts Read More: Today In Country Music History|url=http://klaw.com/today-in-country-music-history-video-11/|website=KLAW 101|date=17 August 2014 |access-date=13 September 2017}}</ref> A 1985 recording by the [[country music]] supergroup [[The Highwaymen (country supergroup)|The Highwaymen]] entered the [[Hot Country Songs]] [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] [[Billboard charts|chart]] on 18 May 1985, rising to number 1, and spending 20 weeks total on the chart.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/charts/1985-09-28/country-songs "Highwayman"]. – [[Hot Country Songs]]. – [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]. – billboard.com.</ref> Webb had a dream that he was a highwayman, which initially inspired the writing of the song.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jimmy Webb's Story Behind "The Highwayman"|date=15 August 2012 |url=http://performingsongwriter.com/jimmy-webb-highwayman/|access-date=13 September 2017}}</ref> 
* In the 1999 film ''[[Plunkett & Macleane]]'', Wild was the inspiration for the film's [[antagonist]]; the [[psychopathy|psychopathic]] Thief Taker General Chance, played by [[Ken Stott]].