 The Mexican criminal hideaway El Rey is taken from  Jim Thompson (I) (qv)s novel "The Getaway", of which  Quentin Tarantino (qv) is an avid fan . Interestingly, El Rey was  omitted from both film versions of Thonmpsons book  (_Getaway, The (1972)_ (qv) and _Getaway, The (1994)_ (qv)).