Writing

Adolfo Torres Portillo

Born December 19, 1920 · Mexico, D.F., Mexico

Died June 12, 1996 · aged 75

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

Lagunilla 2Lagunilla 2 · 1982
Lagunilla 2
6.31982
MovieComedy
The GamblerThe Gambler · 1979
The Gambler
7.41979
MovieAdventureDrama
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.
Santa ClausSanta Claus · 1959
Santa Claus
6.81959
MovieFamilyFantasy
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!
Alazán y enamoradoAlazán y enamorado · 1966
Alazán y enamorado
6.31966
MovieMusicAdventure
Rom-com about two horses. And some humans.
Tom ThumbTom Thumb · 1958
Tom Thumb
7.31958
MovieFantasyFamily
A young boy born extraordinarily small must rescue his older brothers from a wicked ogre.
El héroe desconocidoEl héroe desconocido · 1983
El héroe desconocido
6.01983
MovieComedyDrama
An outcast, Rodolfo Martínez, whom no one loves and whom everyone despises and undervalues ​​in his town of Valle Verde, in Mexico, decides to change his luck. He decides to invent that he has a very important ancestor and that is why he deserves a statue that will remind future generations of everything he has done. Rodolfo doesn't care what happens, all he wants is to stop being a failure and for people to see him as an equal.
Una pura y dos con salUna pura y dos con sal · 1983
Una pura y dos con sal
6.61983
MovieComedyDrama
Young woman engineers a reconciliation between her long-estranged parents.
El ArracadasEl Arracadas · 1978
El Arracadas
7.81978
MovieActionAdventure
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.

Filmography

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Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the MonstersLittle Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the Monsters · 1962
Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the Monsters
3.91962
MovieMusicComedy
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.

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