Camino del Diablo, a journey of hope
Screenplay in the vein of Treasure of the Sierra Madre, set along the
Arizona/Mexico border.
In the glaring heat of August of 1931, an old Buick arrives in Sonoyta, a border village lost in the
boundary between nowhere and Hell. The Buick carries six paying passengers on their way to
California: the beautiful young Maura; Rosario, a funny old lady; Sanchez, a racist who hates the
Chinese and the Indians; and Petro and Lucas, two murdering buddies running away from justice.
They’re all full of hope -- until their driver quits. Now, Alma, 32, the driver’s wife, takes over. Unable to
turn back, they must face the road ahead … the feared “El Camino del Diablo”-- the Devil's Highway,
an infamous, infernal route through the trackless wasteland of shifting dunes and jagged lava, a
road through the Valley of Death.
Their only hope is Hemet, a drunken Papago Indian and former desert guide and shaman, who now
cleans the local tavern in exchange for drinks. He, like them, is trying to escape his past and find a
future, or at least redemption. Things look hopeful again when Marcos, Hemet’s nephew, falls in
love with Laura and joins them. Along the way, the gang encounters other sinners and saints also
seeking salvation, including a colorful liquor-smuggling duo: Ron Cooper and Yuma Joe (Prohibition
days), and Chinaman Wong with his Mexican wife and child.. This journey of hope quickly turns into
a fight for survival on this three-day odyssey in the merciless desert where they must confront terrible
heat, thirst, each other... and ultimately themselves… to achieve purification.
Camino del Diablo, a Journey of Hope, has the elements of a Greek tragedy blended with the
ancestral traditions and visions of Hemet, the Indian driver and guide. The characters are
unforgettable, moving, violent, mystical … and tragic. For a copy of the script please contact me at
the number below. Thank you.
(Use edits from last time) Published Novels: Voices from the sea (published in Spanish as Las
voces vienen del mar in 1992 by ISC). The sufferings of Puerto Esperanza (Honorable Mention 1995-
published in Spanish as Los sufrimientos de Puerto Esperanza by Conaculta/ISC). Camino del
Diablo (Published in Spanish in 1997 by ISC). I am not afraid to die (published in Spanish as No me
da miedo morir in April 2003 and sold to Silver Lion Films in October 2005). His latest novel is
Return to Puerto Esperanza (2006), un published.
Guillermo Munro is an author, scriptwriter and historian of the Gran Desierto and the Sea of Cortez.
He is the editor and director of Nuestra gente, a monthly magazine of history, interviews, chronicles
and legends of the northwest of Sonora, now on its fourth year.
gmunro@gmunro.com Phone in USA 661-296-8913 and 619-216-6338 and in Mexico: 638-383-
3792
Screenplay in the vein of Treasure of the Sierra Madre, set along the
Arizona/Mexico border.
In the glaring heat of August of 1931, an old Buick arrives in Sonoyta, a border village lost in the
boundary between nowhere and Hell. The Buick carries six paying passengers on their way to
California: the beautiful young Maura; Rosario, a funny old lady; Sanchez, a racist who hates the
Chinese and the Indians; and Petro and Lucas, two murdering buddies running away from justice.
They’re all full of hope -- until their driver quits. Now, Alma, 32, the driver’s wife, takes over. Unable to
turn back, they must face the road ahead … the feared “El Camino del Diablo”-- the Devil's Highway,
an infamous, infernal route through the trackless wasteland of shifting dunes and jagged lava, a
road through the Valley of Death.
Their only hope is Hemet, a drunken Papago Indian and former desert guide and shaman, who now
cleans the local tavern in exchange for drinks. He, like them, is trying to escape his past and find a
future, or at least redemption. Things look hopeful again when Marcos, Hemet’s nephew, falls in
love with Laura and joins them. Along the way, the gang encounters other sinners and saints also
seeking salvation, including a colorful liquor-smuggling duo: Ron Cooper and Yuma Joe (Prohibition
days), and Chinaman Wong with his Mexican wife and child.. This journey of hope quickly turns into
a fight for survival on this three-day odyssey in the merciless desert where they must confront terrible
heat, thirst, each other... and ultimately themselves… to achieve purification.
Camino del Diablo, a Journey of Hope, has the elements of a Greek tragedy blended with the
ancestral traditions and visions of Hemet, the Indian driver and guide. The characters are
unforgettable, moving, violent, mystical … and tragic. For a copy of the script please contact me at
the number below. Thank you.
(Use edits from last time) Published Novels: Voices from the sea (published in Spanish as Las
voces vienen del mar in 1992 by ISC). The sufferings of Puerto Esperanza (Honorable Mention 1995-
published in Spanish as Los sufrimientos de Puerto Esperanza by Conaculta/ISC). Camino del
Diablo (Published in Spanish in 1997 by ISC). I am not afraid to die (published in Spanish as No me
da miedo morir in April 2003 and sold to Silver Lion Films in October 2005). His latest novel is
Return to Puerto Esperanza (2006), un published.
Guillermo Munro is an author, scriptwriter and historian of the Gran Desierto and the Sea of Cortez.
He is the editor and director of Nuestra gente, a monthly magazine of history, interviews, chronicles
and legends of the northwest of Sonora, now on its fourth year.
gmunro@gmunro.com Phone in USA 661-296-8913 and 619-216-6338 and in Mexico: 638-383-
3792
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