Category Archives: Willeford

Posse McMillan: 5 Million Years Ago

Posted on November 26, 2025 by Don

Dennis McMillan phoned this morning and we caught up. After I got off the line I popped him the info on The Burnt Shadow and The Burnt Machens, where he played a role. Then he sent back this photo — … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Woman Chaser on Blu-Ray

Posted on September 4, 2025 by Don

Got a note from Joe McSpadden that the film version of Charles Willeford’s novel The Woman Chaser, which he produced, is now — finally — on Blu-Ray. Don’t think it ever made it to DVD, only appearing long-ago as a … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Death Lit on the Block

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Don

If you picked up my most recent book Arkham House Ephemera: The Classic Years 1937-1973, I am here to slip you the word that no longer is it the latest title to leap to life. The newest of the new … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Willeford’s Cockfighter

Posted on August 26, 2024 by Don

Fifty years slips past when you’re not even looking. For example, how long ago was it that Warren Oates in Cockfighter hit the silver screen? Fifty years? Correct you are. Based on the novel by Charles Willeford. The blurbage for … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: The Return of The Woman Chaser

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Don

Joe McSpadden dropped a dime to let me know that the Charles Willeford movie The Woman Chaser returns to the Alamo Drafthouse on Monday, February 19 at 7:15pm. Great chance to catch it on a big screen. Joe produced the … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: A TV Interview with Charles Willeford

Posted on January 28, 2024 by Don

Ethan Iverson of The Bad Plus — big fan of Charles Willeford — popped me a note about an interview with Willeford that appeared on YouTube somewhat recently. Don’t think I’d seen that one before. Shows the quiet or professorial … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Patrick Warburton

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Don

Onscreen in The Woman Chaser, Patrick Warburton plays one of the most unlikable characters you’ll ever meet — before and after the movie, though, you’re talking to one of the friendliest people you’ll find in the bar of the Alamo … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: The Producer

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Don

Willeford said he sent his 1960 novel in under the title The Director, before Newsstand Library changed it to The Woman Chaser. The director for the movie didn’t make it to this screening (I heard it may have been an … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: For the Q&A

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Don

Toward the Q&A following the screening of The Woman Chaser with Patrick Warburton in the role of Richard Hudson, I poked around in my book Willeford for any tidbits of info on the novel — a Paperback Original released by … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Q&A

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Don

For the Alamo Drafthouse special screening of The Woman Chaser on December 7, they followed the film with a Q&A featuring — left to right, above — me, Joe McSpadden, Patrick Warburton (panelists) and Jake Isgar (moderator). Don’t think I’d … Continue reading →

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