Video/Audio Clips of My Favorite Crime Fiction Authors

I thought it would be fun to see if I could dig up any video/audio clips of my favorite crime fiction authors.

First up is the too short clip of Charles Willeford playing the barkeep in the Roger Corman movie Thunder and Lightning about moonshine runners operating down in Florida. It also starred Kate Jackson on Charlie Angels fame. Mr. Willeford has the gravely voice I expected him to use. Here's the YouTube link: http://is.gd/GuJGf5

Second, we'll check the Southern gothic (he's one of my writing heroes even if he didn't write crime fiction) novelist Harry Crews. This is part 1 of his documentary ""Harry Crews: Guilty As Charged." Here's the YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p80520bcmKQ

Third, we'll see if David Goodis has anything available. Film Director Edward Holub's short documentary (~18 minutes long), "Retracing the Footsteps of Davis Goodis, America's Great Lost Noir Writer," is quite excellent. It's shot in Philadelphia while Holub narrates. See this link if you're a Goodis fan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGT1naim_TM

Fourth, Raymond Chandler was interviewed by Ian Fleming on BBC in 1958. Chandler sounds cranky like I figured he would be. You can hear the interview at this YouTube (the actual interview starts at 5:45 minutes in) link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj6cc0T1z7I

I hope you found something to enjoy there.