Writing

Adolfo Torres Portillo

Born — Died

1920-12-19 — 1996-06-12

Place of birth

Mexico, D.F., Mexico

Known for

Writing

Credits

41 titles

Adolfo Torres Portillo was born on 29 December 1920 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico. He was a writer and producer, known for Santa Claus (1959), Coyote and Bronca (1980), and El Diablo, el santo y el tonto (1987). He died on 12 June 1996 in Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

The Gambler poster
7.5

Three childhood friends; when they grow up, the poor boy is shut out from the possibility of romancing the girl because of class issues. He leaves town, learns to play pro-level poker, wins a fortune, then goes home to ruin his rival's life.

The Gambler

1979

Santa Claus poster
6.8

Pitch, the mean-spirited devil, is trying to ruin Christmas. Santa Claus teams up with Merlin the Magician and the children of the world in order to save the day!

Santa Claus

1959

Lagunilla 2 poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Lagunilla 2

1982

The Angels of Puebla poster
6.3

An angel who is three good deeds short of earning his wings chooses the city of Puebla to carry out her mission.

The Angels of Puebla

1968

Entre Compadres Te Veas poster
6.9

After a year spent mourning his wife's death, a father and two sons cut loose for some wild living. Loose remake of Los Tres Alegres Compadres.

Entre Compadres Te Veas

1986

Sinverguenza pero honrado poster
6.6

Man and woman get married, they adapt to living together and he adapts to living with her four children.

Sinverguenza pero honrado

1985

Tom Thumb poster
7.3

A young boy born extraordinarily small must rescue his older brothers from a wicked ogre.

Tom Thumb

1958

Los 3 reyes magos poster
6.5

The Three Wise Men, Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar, set off for Bethlehem to worship the newborn Jesus, but the devil, in the guise of Prince Olbaid, decides to hinder the Kings' journey with the help of the devil Murcio, creating problems at every turn.

Los 3 reyes magos

1976

Los 3 reyes magos poster
6.5

The Three Wise Men, Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar, set off for Bethlehem to worship the newborn Jesus, but the devil, in the guise of Prince Olbaid, decides to hinder the Kings' journey with the help of the devil Murcio, creating problems at every turn.

Los 3 reyes magos

1976

Entre Monjas Anda El Diablo poster
8.0

A man called “The Devil” makes a living in cock-fights. He falls for a girl who's about to enter the monastery.

Entre Monjas Anda El Diablo

1973

Entre Monjas Anda El Diablo poster
8.0

A man called “The Devil” makes a living in cock-fights. He falls for a girl who's about to enter the monastery.

Entre Monjas Anda El Diablo

1973

Santo vs. the Head Hunters poster
5.8

Famed wrestler/secret agent El Santo must venture deep into the Amazon jungle to rescue a girl who is set to be sacrificed under the full moon by the Jibaro Indians.

Santo vs. the Head Hunters

1971

Coyote and Bronca poster
7.1

A murder forces Juan "El Coyote" and Trinidad "La Bronca" to escape from a life of easy money and prostitution and become a real couple.

Coyote and Bronca

1980

Lagunilla, mi barrio poster
6.3

After 42 years of working as an antiquarian , Abel is fired by the children of his recently deceased employer; however, after this unexpected situation that leaves him in solitude and with little chance to get a new job, he decides to start again as antiques dealer in the popular Lagunilla market . There he will find real friends ; a humble life and, above all , a new opportunity to fall in love regardless of social differences.

Lagunilla, mi barrio

1981

El Arracadas poster
7.9

Mariano Landeros is sworn by his mother to look for the murderer of his father at all costs, the proof would bring that Doroteo Carrillo earring snatched his mother when it happened the asesinato.Mariano part unstoppably to find the murderer finding in the way love, hate and violence.

El Arracadas

1978

El cuerpazo del delito poster
5.3

Anthology film: three "sophisticated" rom-com scenarios.

El cuerpazo del delito

1970

When the Fog Lifts poster
6.8

One mental patient usurps the identity of another and starts a new life, passing himself off as a long-lost relative of a rich family.

When the Fog Lifts

1952

Vanilla, Bronze and to Die poster
7.3

A beautiful woman, fatally ill of the heart, is torn between the love of a poor sculptor and a forced marriage with the sadistic son of a millionaire.

Vanilla, Bronze and to Die

1957

El rey de la vecindad poster
6.5

Sentimental comedy about ups and downs in a working-class neighborhood.

El rey de la vecindad

1985

El Diablo El Santo Y El Tonto poster
7.7

When rancher, Don Trinidad is on his deathbed, he confesses to his fumbling son Rogelio, that he has two other illegitimate sons and that he wishes them to be included in his will. When Rogelio tracks them down, he discovers that each of them has a completely different life.

El Diablo El Santo Y El Tonto

1985

Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the Monsters poster
3.9

The film follows adventures of Little Red Riding Hood (Maria Gracia) and Tom Thumb (Cesaro Quezadas) and their friends, fighting against the wicked Witch Queen (Ofelia Guilmáin) and her band of monsters. The film starts at the meeting of the evil monsters in the castle in the Haunted Forest, heart of the Devil's dominion, during which the Vampire (Quintín Bulnes) accuses the Wolf (Manuel Valdés) and the Ogre (José Elías Moreno) of betraying the Witch Queen (La Reina Bruja, renamed Queen of Badness in the English dub), who orders them to ber executed. Their friend Stinky the Skunk (Santanón) however escapes and informs Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb, who promise to help. Meanwhile, the Queen and her sister the Old Witch cast a terrible curse, turning villagers into monkeys and mice for trying to defy her magic. The rest of the story details the heroes' quest to conquer evil.

Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the Monsters

1962

Pobre niño rico poster
6.7

Coco is a boy who feels lonely because his father works all the time and his mother is always playing cards with other women. When he hears that his parents are planning to divorce, Coco makes plans to run away.

Pobre niño rico

1974

No artwork available
5.7

From the hill of Tepeyac arise the most extraordinary miracles.

Retablos de la Guadalupana

1967

The Vampire Girls poster
5.2

A wrestler tries to break up a covey of vampires, led by the King of Vampires.

The Vampire Girls

1969

Dos gallos en palenque poster
6.0

Venezuelan guy and Mexican rancher get competitive toward each other -- mostly over "the girl".

Dos gallos en palenque

1960

A Secretary's Intimacies poster
6.8

Mexican feature film

A Secretary's Intimacies

1971

A Secretary's Intimacies poster
6.8

Mexican feature film

A Secretary's Intimacies

1971

La Hermanita Dinamita poster
6.7

After accidentally hitting a boy with her car, a young woman pretends to be a nurse in order secretly help him to recover.

La Hermanita Dinamita

1970

Mexico 2000 poster
6.1

In Olympus the Gods decide to exterminate humanity, after deliberating one of the gods advocates not to exterminate those who live in Mexico, which in the year 2000 is a paradise where all calamities have been extinguished.

Mexico 2000

1983

Rigo is Love poster
4.0

Rigo and la Tulipana meet at the cabaret where they work, he as a singer and she as a fichera. They live an intense love, but Rigo's alcoholism is a source of constant tension.

Rigo is Love

1980

De sangre chicana poster
5.3

Young Mexican-American studies for his MD and triumphs as a professional wrestler while his brother and sister stagnate in the barrio.

De sangre chicana

1974

Dios se lo pague poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Dios se lo pague

1990

No artwork available
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Con el dedo en el gatillo: El vengador

1958

With my finger on the trigger poster
6.0

The Private detective Raúl Marín with the help of his grandmother and the police commander Aragón try to find out the murder of several homicides in three episodes: El Anónimo, El Ídolo and El Hipnotizador.

With my finger on the trigger

1958

No artwork available
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Tres Romeos y una Julieta

1961

Hellish Spiders poster
6.0

Arácnea's residents have been desperately searching for a source of food to save the life of their queen (a big spider). Earth is chosen, since human brains are apparently like health food for alien spiders.

Hellish Spiders

1968

The White Horse poster
6.8

Claimed by his grandmother, who lives in a Mexican village, Joselito begins the journey from Spain. Once there, while traveling in a stagecoach, is assaulted by bandits. Joselito manages to escape and, walking aimlessly, he meets Antoine, a rider who is ex officio of random player, and become close friends.

The White Horse

1962

Alazán y enamorado poster
6.2

Rom-com about two horses. And some humans.

Alazán y enamorado

1966

The Crying Woman poster
5.5

A woman takes revenge in the family of her lover.

The Crying Woman

1960

No artwork available
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

El Ultimo Pistolero

1969