Acting

Pancho Magalona

Born January 22, 1922 · Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Died April 7, 1998 · aged 76

Enrique Gayoso Magalona Jr., professionally known as Pancho Magalona, was a Filipino actor from the 1940s to the 1970s. He achieved success as a romantic lead with frequent on-screen partner and wife Tita Duran. In 1959, Magalona won the FAMAS Award for Best Actor for his performance as a bandit in the 1958 film Hanggang sa Dulo ng Daigdig. One of his best remembered roles is portraying the charac…

Known For

Merrill's Marauders

Merrill's Marauders · 1962

Merrill's Marauders

Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting pitched battles at every strong-point.

Waldas

Centering on a hedonistic woman’s escapades throughout the urban landscape of Manila.

The Hook

The Hook · 1963

Three soldiers in Korea go through inner torment when they're ordered to execute an enemy soldier.

Sinong Kapiling? Sinong Kasiping?

Sinong Kapiling? Sinong Kasiping? · 1977

Sinong Kapiling? Sinong Kasiping?

MovieDramaMusic

IF YOU SUSPECT YOUR SPOUSE OF BEING UNFAITHFUL A STORY AS NEW AS TODAY AND AS OLD AS TRUTH--YET NEVER TOLD BEFORE.

El Filibusterismo

El Filibusterismo · 1962

El Filibusterismo

MovieActionDrama

A vindictive Crisostomo Ibarra returns, and this time, disguised as a jeweler named Simoun, where he decides to solve the country's issues through violence.

Moro Witch Doctor

Moro Witch Doctor · 1964

Moro Witch Doctor

MovieActionAdventure

The murders of two American plantation owners leads an Interpol agent into a battle with Filipino drug smugglers and violent religious fanatics.

Kasintahan Sa Pangarap

Kasintahan Sa Pangarap · 1951

Kasintahan Sa Pangarap

Ang Ating Pag-ibig

Ang Ating Pag-ibig · 1953

Ang Ating Pag-ibig

After studying medicine in the US, twin doctors Eddie and Mario Gomez return home as they are both commissioned by a hospital in the Philippines. The two have different personalities, with Eddie being a carefree playboy while Mario is reserved, his face being scarred after he figured in an accident. Mario makes a courtesy call to their benefactor Doña Dolores Villarama, only to discover she has passed on, leaving her blind granddaughter behind.

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Merrill's Marauders

Merrill's Marauders · 1962

Merrill's Marauders

Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting pitched battles at every strong-point.

Taggy

Waldas

Centering on a hedonistic woman’s escapades throughout the urban landscape of Manila.

The Hook

The Hook · 1963

Three soldiers in Korea go through inner torment when they're ordered to execute an enemy soldier.

Kim aka 'The Gook'

Sinong Kapiling? Sinong Kasiping?

Sinong Kapiling? Sinong Kasiping? · 1977

Sinong Kapiling? Sinong Kasiping?

MovieDramaMusic

IF YOU SUSPECT YOUR SPOUSE OF BEING UNFAITHFUL A STORY AS NEW AS TODAY AND AS OLD AS TRUTH--YET NEVER TOLD BEFORE.

El Filibusterismo

El Filibusterismo · 1962

El Filibusterismo

MovieActionDrama

A vindictive Crisostomo Ibarra returns, and this time, disguised as a jeweler named Simoun, where he decides to solve the country's issues through violence.

Simoun / Crisostomo Ibarra

Moro Witch Doctor

Moro Witch Doctor · 1964

Moro Witch Doctor

MovieActionAdventure

The murders of two American plantation owners leads an Interpol agent into a battle with Filipino drug smugglers and violent religious fanatics.

Martin Gonzaga

Kasintahan Sa Pangarap

Kasintahan Sa Pangarap · 1951

Kasintahan Sa Pangarap

Ang Ating Pag-ibig

Ang Ating Pag-ibig · 1953

Ang Ating Pag-ibig

After studying medicine in the US, twin doctors Eddie and Mario Gomez return home as they are both commissioned by a hospital in the Philippines. The two have different personalities, with Eddie being a carefree playboy while Mario is reserved, his face being scarred after he figured in an accident. Mario makes a courtesy call to their benefactor Doña Dolores Villarama, only to discover she has passed on, leaving her blind granddaughter behind.

Mario / Eddie Gomez

Bitayin si....Baby Ama!

Bitayin si....Baby Ama! · 1976

Bitayin si....Baby Ama!

MovieActionDrama

A story depicting the life of executed murderer and gang leader, Marciál "Baby" Ama. Ama, who became a gang leader with his prison mob while serving a sentence for lesser charges, was executed for murder at the age of 16 via electric chair on 4 October 1961.

A Yank in Viet-Nam

A Yank in Viet-Nam · 1964

A Yank in Viet-Nam

A U.S. Marine Corps pilot is shot down over the Vietnamese jungle. In his endeavor to get to safety, he meets a female guerrilla fighter and a nationalist named Hong.

Andre

Stoney

MovieThrillerAction

Two rival gun-runners are at odds when one of them secretly discovers that the other's female companion has plans to recover a $40 million treasure stash, hidden away in Surabaya by her late husband.

Captain Haryan

Texas, Ang Manok na Nagsasalita

Texas, Ang Manok na Nagsasalita · 1952

Texas, Ang Manok na Nagsasalita

MovieComedyDrama

Basiong spends all of his time in the cockpit. His family is neglected and his child Mario dies. St. Peter and his rooster decide to intervene.

Carlos

Bicol Express

Bicol Express · 1957

MovieActionDrama

An omnibus seven-part movie.

Cavalry Command

Cavalry Command · 1958

Cavalry Command

An American cavalry brigade is sent to occupy a small Filipino village in 1902 and quell guerilla resistance in the surrounding jungle. Working with the people to build roads, schools, and bridges, they prove that the most important thing an army can have is "good will and integrity."

Capt. Magno Maxella

Hanggang sa Dulo ng Daigdig

Hanggang sa Dulo ng Daigdig · 1958

Hanggang sa Dulo ng Daigdig

A farmer's son seeks revenge for the killing of his father.

The Tenants

The Tenants · 1976

A sakada is a farmer who works in a sugarcane field. The film proceeds to document the stages of sugar production once in the mill, then shifts to the unrest outside where a sakada was shot to death by one of the hacienda's guards.

Don Manuel

Sa Isang Sulyap Mo, Tita

Sa Isang Sulyap Mo, Tita · 1953

Sa Isang Sulyap Mo, Tita

MovieMusicRomance

One of Pancho Magalona and Tita Duran's most beloved films.

Choreographer

Huling Patak Ng Dugo

Huling Patak Ng Dugo · 1950

Huling Patak Ng Dugo

MovieActionDrama

Menor de Edad

Menor de Edad · 1954

MovieComedyRomance

A flirty girl falls in love with a guys working at a 50s diner.

Emily

MovieDramaRomance

A story about a young woman who was adopted by a woman who held a secret grudge against her family.

Basahang Ginto

Basahang Ginto · 1952

One man dared turn this crude, uneducated, ill-clad gutter-born woman into high society's most beautiful, exciting, tempting creature.

Danny

Buhay Pilipino

Buhay Pilipino · 1952

A Time for Dying

A Time for Dying · 1970

A Time for Dying

Cry Freedom

Cry Freedom · 1959

A man and a woman fight for the freedom of their country Marking with his gun Yay with her typewriter. Thrown together by a cause greater than either of them they share the suffering of the flesh and the spirit among the country's guerrilla fighters. They emerge, out of the crucible of war, heroes-and lovers.

Marking