Didn’t Stick have a number of Hollywood references in it? And that one about the photographer in Miami, what was it called? LaBrava? That one had our hero laying protective cover, so to speek, for one ‘noir’ era film starlet. She might’ve been made up, but I kinda recall others mentioned who were not.
Then there had to be other Hollywood references in the Chili Palmer series and perhaps even in Rum Punch.
Wasn’t Harry Dean mentioned in other EL books too?
The ol’ Repo Man is still a favorite film character of mine. Great in ‘Wild at Heart’ too.
Here’s another quiz for you. Name the director and title of the short ‘western’ Harry Dean starred in.