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El Diablo

  • TV Movie
  • 1990
  • PG-13
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
1.3K
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El Diablo (1990)
Buddy ComedyComedyDramaWestern

When the notorious outlaw El Diablo kidnaps a schoolgirl, her teacher, an Easterner named Billy Ray, decides to rescue her. Incompetent to track her alone, Billy Ray enlists the aid of an un... Read allWhen the notorious outlaw El Diablo kidnaps a schoolgirl, her teacher, an Easterner named Billy Ray, decides to rescue her. Incompetent to track her alone, Billy Ray enlists the aid of an unscrupulous gunman.When the notorious outlaw El Diablo kidnaps a schoolgirl, her teacher, an Easterner named Billy Ray, decides to rescue her. Incompetent to track her alone, Billy Ray enlists the aid of an unscrupulous gunman.

  • Director
    • Peter Markle
  • Writers
    • Tommy Lee Wallace
    • John Carpenter
    • Bill Phillips
  • Stars
    • Anthony Edwards
    • Louis Gossett Jr.
    • John Glover
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    1.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Peter Markle
    • Writers
      • Tommy Lee Wallace
      • John Carpenter
      • Bill Phillips
    • Stars
      • Anthony Edwards
      • Louis Gossett Jr.
      • John Glover
    • 13User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

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    Anthony Edwards
    Anthony Edwards
    • Billy Ray Smith
    Louis Gossett Jr.
    Louis Gossett Jr.
    • Van Leek
    John Glover
    John Glover
    • The Preacher
    Joe Pantoliano
    Joe Pantoliano
    • Kid Durango
    Robert Beltran
    Robert Beltran
    • El Diablo
    M.C. Gainey
    M.C. Gainey
    • Bebe
    Miguel Sandoval
    Miguel Sandoval
    • Zamudio
    Sarah Trigger
    Sarah Trigger
    • Nettie Tuleen
    Branscombe Richmond
    Branscombe Richmond
    • Dancing Bear
    Jim Beaver
    Jim Beaver
    • Spivey Irick
    Geno Silva
    Geno Silva
    • Chak Mol
    David Dunard
    • Pitchfork Napier
    Don Collier
    Don Collier
    • Jake
    Luis Contreras
    Luis Contreras
    • Pestoso
    Jesse Doran
    • El Triste
    Kathleen Erickson
    • Mrs. Tuleen
    Todd Fitzpatrick
    • Lon
    Jean Fowler
    • Woman #2
    • Director
      • Peter Markle
    • Writers
      • Tommy Lee Wallace
      • John Carpenter
      • Bill Phillips
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    User reviews13

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    6ma-cortes

    This wacky western is packed with crossfire, mayhem, and great entertainment and fun.

    Funny though unknown TV Western with noisy action, brawls , humor, mirth, shootouts and amusement. This Western comedy deals with the young man, Billy Ray (Anthony Edwards), a gentle children's school teacher who must fight against a nasty enemy to free his kidnapped student Nettie Tuleen (Sarah Trigger's film debut). Firstly, Billy Ray enlists the aid of unscrupulous gunman (recently deceased and unforgettable Louis Gossett Jr). His mentors are some sympathetic crooks. The cocky dandy Billy Ray wearing elegant clothes but he changes his garments to a ridiculous cowboy style with pants made of animal skin. Billy Ray Smith creates a 'posse' made up of the most eccentric gunslingers: The Preacher (John Glover), the writer Kid Durango (Joe Pantoliano) Zamudio (Miguel Sandoval), Bebe (M. C. Gainey) and Indian Dancing Bear (Branscombe Richmond). The veteran partners teach him the West manners and training him for shooting. Along the way, the bunch confronts the deadly outlaw nicknamed "The Devil" (Robert Beltran). When a young man can't ride or shoot he needs help real bad and here's help that's real bad!.

    Anything is possible in this comical-serious Western movie. This film contains Western action , shootouts, fist-play, high body-count, humor with tongue-in-cheek and results to be pretty bemusing. A good Western with lots of silly laughters in which the notorious outlaw El Diablo kidnaps a schoolgirl, her teacher, an Easterner named Billy Ray, decides to rescue her. It's an entertaining film with enjoyable comedy in which Anthony Edwards plays a young man who teaches at a school and promises to rescue a girl kidnapped by a bandit, incompetent to track her alone, he joins a team of gunfighters. And the leader results to be Louis Gossett Jr who steals the show as the shameless and ambitious ex-Union soldier, along with a notable plethora of secondaries, such as: John Glover, Joe Pantoliano, Robert Beltran, M. C. Gainey, Miguel Sandoval, Sarah Trigger, Jim Beaver and Branscombe Richmond.

    The comical formula deals to enhance the hilarious observations of the western originated on the decade of the Sixties, including the following filmmakers : Andrew McLagen with ¨McLintock!¨, ¨The rare breed¨, Something Big¨ and Burt Kennedy with ¨Support your local gunfighter (one of his better spoof Western)¨ , ¨Support your local sheriff¨ (his highpoint) , ¨Dirty Dingus Mcgee¨ , ¨War Wagon¨ and ¨ The Good guys and bad guys¨, ¨Texas Across the River¨ by Michael Gordon and a bit later on, Mel Brooks directed the indispensable ¨Blazing saddles¨ and after ta-hat, Hugh Wilson made ¨Rustlers' Rhapsody¨.

    The motion picture well directed by Peter Markle. And John Carpenter was the film's executive producer and writer. Peter Markle is an expert on all kind of genres as comedy as ¨Hot dog , the movie¨, ¨Wagon East¨ the last film of John Candy¨ ; Sci-Fi as ¨White dwarf¨; Sports as ¨Youngblood¨ ; ¨Drama¨ as ¨Personals¨, ¨Nightbreaker¨, and suspense as ¨Through the eyes of a killer¨ and ¨Last days of Frankie the Fly¨ , and Wartime genre as ¨Bat 21¨. Rating : 6,5 . Worthwhile seeing, better than average humorous western.
    8gilbertge

    If you have a twisted sense of humour.....

    .....then you probably like this movie! I know that one of the writers is more famous for horror movies than comedies, and also one wonders if you spot the actor who ended up in a Star Trek franchise.

    Lucky so and so!

    What's interesting is one could change the script a little and turn into a very different movie; something like "The Unforgiven" or any of the other 'modern' Wild West films.

    Be sure to listen to what's going on in the background, it's somewhat funny. Which is what most people may think of this comedy, After all it was written during the late '80s and filmed around the fall of the Iron Curtain!
    7sixshootersonny

    Should Have Fun Watching This One

    A young student named Nettie (Sarah Trigger) is kidnapped from an oh so sleepy Texas town. Problem is she was kidnapped by the notorious El Diablo (Robert Beltran). Her teacher Billy Ray Smith (wonderfully played by Anthony Edwards) finds it is his duty to find Nettie and bring her back. Next problem is Billy Ray is the worst shot in the west. It is quite funny watching Billy Ray leave town on his horse (which he can not ride). Along the way he meets up with Van Leek (Louis Gossett Jr., who as usual puts in a great performance) who is going to assist him and might turn Billy Ray into a gunslinger.

    A pretty good film that you have fun watching. May not even need to be a huge western fan to enjoy it either. Leaves laughs and dead horses in its wake. On a side note does have some good music by William Olvis, but I did find it at times reminiscent of ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST by Ennio Morricone.

    Written by legendary director John Carpenter, Tommy Lee Wallace and Bill Phillips (who both worked with Carpenter on other film projects as well). Also starring John Glover as The Preacher and Joe Pantoliano as Kid Durango.
    8helpless_dancer

    Why did you shoot him in the back?

    Because that's the way he was facing. I loved this western, it was one of the best I've ever seen. Gossett played a practical gunslinger who shot a man in the back if he had to in order to win and stay alive, not because he was a gutless wonder. He took a school teacher with 2 left hands under his wing after the man's fiancee is captured by a notorious murdering bank robber, El Diablo. Watching the instructor learn the ways of the west while becoming a tougher man was both amusing and exciting. Thumbs up.
    8FightingWesterner

    i Viva El Diablo!

    Before degenerating into an endless series of heavy handed political screeds, HBO Pictures delivered many great made-for-TV movies including a half dozen or so respectable westerns.

    El Diablo is a fun comedy that simultaneously celebrates and debunks the mythology of the old west. The plot involves Anthony Edwards (in his Revenge Of The Nerds persona) as a meek, bumbling schoolteacher from the east who idolizes the cowpokes and gunmen of the pulp magazines he uses to teach his pupils.

    When a pretty teenage student is kidnapped by the infamous bandit El Diablo (Robert Beltran who's terrific), he sets out single handedly to rescue her, gathering together a colorful group of "badmen" each with his own agenda.

    Edwards and Louis Gossett Jr. head a great supporting cast with standout performances by John Glover and Joe Pantoliano as Kid "Durango". In fact, there's no slackers here!

    Though no Magnificent Seven, El Diablo is worth watching and worthwhile for fans.

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    • Trivia
      John Carpenter was the films executive producer.
    • Goofs
      During the panorama of the desert mountain range, film crew's cars can be seen parked in single file on the road.
    • Quotes

      Billy Ray Smith: [outraged] You just shot that man in the back!

      Van Leek: [unperturbed] His back was to me.

    • Alternate versions
      UK versions were cut by 2s for a '15' rating.
    • Connections
      References Le train sifflera trois fois (1952)
    • Soundtracks
      Shall We Gather at the River?
      (uncredited)

      By Robert Lowry

      Performed by Debby Rosenthal and crowd

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    • Release date
      • July 22, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Дьявол
    • Filming locations
      • Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • HBO Films
      • HBO Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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