TCC_114 David "P". Loughery

Timecode Cowboys | Ep. 14 | David P. Loughery: The Man, The Myth, The Legend

We’re back — and this week we literally walked off the 18th green, dropped our clubs, and hit record. Why?
Because David P. Loughery — screenwriter, mentor, raconteur, and honorary cowboy — loved two things with unadulterated devotion: classic movies … and golf!

From Dreamscape to Passenger 57, Money Train, The Three Musketeers, Lakeview Terrace, and The Intruder, David built the kind of career Hollywood rarely celebrates: steady, surprising, generous, and full of personality. A real craftsman. A real wit. A real one-of-one.

In this episode, we cover:

• 📝 Script stories from the trenches — Snipes, Quaid, Shatner & beyond
• 🎬 Notes swaps & mentorship — how David shaped Danny’s writing
• 🍸 Martinis, mini-malls & midnight noirs — David’s secret map of Los Angeles
• 😂 The quirks — the early arrivals, the BMW he wouldn’t drive on freeways, the Word docs saved “somewhere”
• 🧠 A master of genre — thrillers, western riffs, studio rewrites, and pure storytelling
• 💙 A friend who became family — and the voice still echoing in our writing

Here’s to David and the movies, the memories, and the punchlines he gifted us.

🎬 Films discussed:

Dreamscape (1984)
Heart to Hart (TV)
The Stepfather (1987)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Flashback (1990)
Passenger 57 (1992)
Money Train (1995)
Tom and Huck (1995)
Lakeview Terrace (2008)
Obsessed (2009)
Penthouse North (2013)
Nurse 3D (2013)
The Intruder (2019)