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Film Adaptations The Woman Chaser 1999
www.womanchaser.com for release dates and regional screenings. Doing Right by a Poet of the Pulp Novel New York Times 6/18/00 "It’s easy to be seduced by that noirish look," explains Devor, "but it’s (Willeford’s) dialogue that achieves that feel. Willeford can make you laugh out loud with a poker faced tone." More on Rob Devor, this film and an upcoming project Visit the hardboiled Finn's site for more on The Woman Chaser
Cockfighter 1974
Directed by Monte Hellman, produced by Roger Corman, screenplay by Willeford. Starring Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton. Willeford appears as Ed Middleton. Crappy photo I took of the poster.
Also released as Gamblin' Man; Born to Kill; Wild Drifters. Women wouldn't go see it if they knew it was about chickens killing each other, marketing tests showed, hence the misleading titles. As it was, the movie was only shown in theatres in northern Florida and Georgia, and has the distinction of being the only film Roger Corman ever lost money on, according to Willeford. Corman originally wanted Steve McQueen to play Frank Mansfield, but Warren Oates got the part, coming up from Mexico to this film fresh from making Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia with Sam Peckinpah.
Warren Oates and Charles Willeford on the set.
Miami Blues 1990
Directed and adapted by George Armitage, produced by Jonathan Demme. Starring Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, and Jennifer Jason Leigh, who won the 1990 New York Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Susie Waggoner. In the scene where Freddy shoots the robber at an open air cafe and then yells, "Stop! Or I'll shoot!" Betsy Willeford is the startled woman at a nearby table.
My own personal video copy that I got at Walgreen's. A real collector's item. |
