The Devil's Eight (1969)

Interesting facts

The Devil's 8 is a 1969 film directed by Burt Topper and starring Christopher George, Fabian, Tom Nardini and Leslie Parrish. It was produced and distributed by American International Pictures.

Production

The film was based on a story by Larry Gordon, a story editor at American International Pictures. The first draft was written by James Gordon White, who had written several films for AIP, but White was then assigned to Killers Three. White says the original version was meant to star Jack Palance but he pulled out of the film to make Che! so AIP decided to rewrite it for younger actors.

According to Milius, he and Huyck were given two weeks to rewrite the script but they completed it in ten days. He said: "I don't think we ever thought it was our best work. It was pretty good; it was funny... a lot of noise but not very good action." Milius says that the film was a deliberate attempt to copy The Dirty Dozen: "It was called The Devil's 8 because they didn't have enough money for a full dozen." White said that Milius and Hyuck wer…

Fabian had signed a seven-picture contract with AIP and this was his sixth film for the studio. The others had been Fireball 500, Thunder Alley, Dr Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs, Maryjane and The Wild Racers. A Bullet for Pretty Boy would be his last for AIP. This was his last film billed as simply Fabian; he was later billed as Fabian Forte. Larry Bishop is the son of Joey Bishop and had signed a five-year contract with AIP.

During production, the film was titled Inferno Road. Filming began on October 15, 1968, and occurred primarily at Pinecrest Camp in the San Bernardino Mountains outside Los Angeles. Mike Curb was credited as the film's musical director and wrote the title song with Guy Hemric.

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