Movie Description
The Devil's 8 is a 1969 film from American International Pictures. A Federal agent (Christopher George) recruits six convicts to bust a moonshine ring run by the gangster Burl.
The film was based on a story by Larry Gordon, who was a story editor at AIP. The first draft was done by James Gordon White, who wrote several films for AIP. White was then given a job working on Killers Three. Gordon had the script rewritten by his two assistants, John Milius and Willard Huyck, who had gotten a summer job working in the story department of AIP after studying at USC.
Milius says they were given two weeks to write it and they did it in ten days. "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 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."
The Los Angeles Times called it "an amiably preposterous, rambunctious picture... as silly as it is, The Devil's 8 at least moves mercifully fast, has a sense of humor and packs plenty of action".