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El Diablo

When mild-mannered teacher Billy Ray Smith vows to bring a student's kidnapper to justice, he needs a bit of help. Lacking any cowboy skills of his own, he signs on a speedy gunslinger and a no-nonsense cowboy to help. Now, Smith may just have a chance at capturing his man: the merciless bandit El Diablo.

Top Cast

  • 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

Overview

When mild-mannered teacher Billy Ray Smith vows to bring a student's kidnapper to justice, he needs a bit of help. Lacking any cowboy skills of his own, he signs on a speedy gunslinger and a no-nonsense cowboy to help. Now, Smith may just have a chance at capturing his man: the merciless bandit El Diablo.

Rating

5.6 / 10
34 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • GenerationofSwine
    GenerationofSwine
    10 Jan 14, 2023

    It seems that HBO reinvents itself every so often. I remember my dad defending it back when we first got it, saying that, "no it was not porn." Today HBO is serious political dramas and about a decade ago it was stunning original series. Back in the late 80s and early 90s it was the comedy king. Stand up, Comic Relief, Mr. Show, and original movies that were simply hysterical. El Diablo was made at the height of HBO's comedy agenda and it shows. The film is comedy played straight. One of the funniest Westerns that was ever released and one of the first and few released in the all to short Western Revival

Recommendations

Pardners

Rich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Slim Moseley Jr.,the son of his father's former partner. Wade overcomes Slim's initial reluctance to accept him by using his fortune to buy a prize cow and new car to help Slim in his job as foreman on the Kingsley family ranch, currently under siege by a gang of outlaws called "masked raiders." Wade generously tries to pay off the ranch's mortgage with $15,000 of his own money, but unfortunately neither "pardner" realizes that respected banker Dan Hollis, the son of their fathers' murderer, is the leader of the gang.

Pardners

6.7 1956