El Diablo (1990 film)

El Diablo
Directed by Peter Markle
Produced by Peter Burrell
Rick Nathanson
Joe Wizan
Written by Tommy Lee Wallace
John Carpenter
Starring Anthony Edwards
Louis Gossett, Jr.
Joe Pantoliano
John Glover
Robert Beltran
Music by William Olvis
Cinematography Ronald Victor Garcia
Edited by Stephen E. Rivkin
Distributed by Home Box Office (HBO)
Release dates
  • July 22, 1990 (U.S.)
Running time
115 minutes
Language English

El Diablo is a 1990 Comedy/Western film directed by Peter Markle, starring Anthony Edwards and Louis Gossett, Jr. It was co-written by Tommy Lee Wallace and John Carpenter.

Plot

Billy Ray Smith (Anthony Edwards) is a timid young schoolteacher from Boston living in a rugged Arizona town. When one of his students is abducted by a notorious outlaw known as El Diablo (Robert Beltran), he takes it upon himself to rescue her. With the help of an aging gunslinger named Thomas Van Leek (Louis Gossett, Jr.), a novelist and reputed hero of the Old West, Kid Durango (Joe Pantoliano), and a charismatic preacher (John Glover), Billy Ray manages to infiltrate El Diablo's hideout and eventually comes face to face with the dangerous criminal.

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