
Acting
Pancho Magalona
Born 1922-01-22 · Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines
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 character of Simoun / Crisostomo Ibarra in the 1962 film adaptation of José Rizal's novel El Filibusterismo.
Acting credits
6.2Brigadier 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.
Merrill's Marauders
1962
7.0Centering on a hedonistic woman’s escapades throughout the urban landscape of Manila.
Waldas
1955
6.2Three soldiers in Korea go through inner torment when they're ordered to execute an enemy soldier.
The Hook
1963
NRIF YOU SUSPECT YOUR SPOUSE OF BEING UNFAITHFUL A STORY AS NEW AS TODAY AND AS OLD AS TRUTH--YET NEVER TOLD BEFORE.
Sinong Kapiling? Sinong Kasiping?
1977
8.5A vindictive Crisostomo Ibarra returns, and this time, disguised as a jeweler named Simoun, where he decides to solve the country's issues through violence.
El Filibusterismo
1962
6.5The murders of two American plantation owners leads an Interpol agent into a battle with Filipino drug smugglers and violent religious fanatics.
Moro Witch Doctor
1964
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Kasintahan Sa Pangarap
1951
10.0A compilation of film clips featuring dance and song performances culled from various films of the so-called big three - Sampaguita, LVN, Premiere.
Happy Days Are Here Again
1974
9.0After 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.
Ang Ating Pag-ibig
1953
7.8A 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.
Bitayin si....Baby Ama!
1976
8.0A 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.
A Yank in Viet-Nam
1964
3.5Two 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.
Stoney
1969
9.0Basiong 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.
Texas, Ang Manok na Nagsasalita
1952
NRAn omnibus seven-part movie.
Bicol Express
1957
5.4An 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."
Cavalry Command
1958
10.0A farmer's son seeks revenge for the killing of his father.
Hanggang sa Dulo ng Daigdig
1958
3.0A 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.
The Tenants
1976
7.0One of Pancho Magalona and Tita Duran's most beloved films.
Sa Isang Sulyap Mo, Tita
1953
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Huling Patak Ng Dugo
1950
8.0A flirty girl falls in love with a guys working at a 50s diner.
Menor de Edad
1954
10.0A story about a young woman who was adopted by a woman who held a secret grudge against her family.
Emily
1960
8.0One man dared turn this crude, uneducated, ill-clad gutter-born woman into high society's most beautiful, exciting, tempting creature.
Basahang Ginto
1952
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Buhay Pilipino
1952
8.0No synopsis available yet.
A Time for Dying
1970