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
7.5Three 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
6.8Pitch, 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
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Lagunilla 2
1982
6.3An 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
6.9After 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
6.6Man and woman get married, they adapt to living together and he adapts to living with her four children.
Sinverguenza pero honrado
1985
Film credits
Behind the camera
7.5Three 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
6.8Pitch, 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
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Lagunilla 2
1982
6.3An 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
6.9After 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
6.6Man and woman get married, they adapt to living together and he adapts to living with her four children.
Sinverguenza pero honrado
1985
7.3A young boy born extraordinarily small must rescue his older brothers from a wicked ogre.
Tom Thumb
1958
6.5The 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
6.5The 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
8.0A 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
8.0A 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
5.8Famed 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
7.1A 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
6.3After 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
7.9Mariano 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
5.3Anthology film: three "sophisticated" rom-com scenarios.
El cuerpazo del delito
1970
6.8One 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
7.3A 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
6.5Sentimental comedy about ups and downs in a working-class neighborhood.
El rey de la vecindad
1985
7.7When 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
3.9The 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
6.7Coco 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
From the hill of Tepeyac arise the most extraordinary miracles.
Retablos de la Guadalupana
1967
5.2A wrestler tries to break up a covey of vampires, led by the King of Vampires.
The Vampire Girls
1969
6.0Venezuelan guy and Mexican rancher get competitive toward each other -- mostly over "the girl".
Dos gallos en palenque
1960
6.8Mexican feature film
A Secretary's Intimacies
1971
6.8Mexican feature film
A Secretary's Intimacies
1971
6.7After 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
6.1In 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
4.0Rigo 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
5.3Young 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
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Dios se lo pague
1990
No synopsis available yet.
Con el dedo en el gatillo: El vengador
1958
6.0The 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 synopsis available yet.
Tres Romeos y una Julieta
1961
6.0Arácnea'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
6.8Claimed 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
6.2Rom-com about two horses. And some humans.
Alazán y enamorado
1966
5.5A woman takes revenge in the family of her lover.
The Crying Woman
1960
No synopsis available yet.
El Ultimo Pistolero
1969

