
Acting
Joseph de Cordova
Born — Died
1918-08-27 — 1990-12-16
Known for
Acting
Credits
67 titles
Known for
6.2The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the early years of World War II.
No Man Is an Island
1962
NRHalik sa pisngi ng langit: Directed by Efren C. Piñon. With Lala Montelibano, Ronaldo Valdez, Greggy Liwag, Mark Joseph.
Halik Sa Pisngi Ng Langit
1986
8.0This dramatic anthology of true-to-life stories of love and domestic problems based on letters sent by to the TV drama program hosted by Helen Vela who gives advice to troubled viewers.
Lovingly Yours, Helen: The Movie
1984
7.0Is it possible for lovers who passed away a century ago to return to life in order to keep their promise of love?
Isusumbong Kita sa Diyos
1988
4.6Paradise Inn is more than a watering hole, a gambling den cum-brothel frequented by the menfolk. It is a notorious landmark. Ester Paraiso, a retired prostitute, runs the place with help from her own daughter, Daria, whom she is preparing for the job, and from influential politicos. Her daughter, however, decides to run away but is later spurned by her suitor and his offer of a respectable life. Even the timely arrival of a two-beat magician, Rey, who hastily proposes marriage, fails to prevent the escalating tension as the mother-daughter conflict takes its worst turn culminating in the characters' fiery destruction.
Paradise Inn
1985
10.0The story follows an aspiring Negros Occidental mayoral candidate who was tortured and killed during election season in 1951.
The Moises Padilla Story
1961
Film credits
1990s · 1 titles
1980s · 21 titles
NRHalik sa pisngi ng langit: Directed by Efren C. Piñon. With Lala Montelibano, Ronaldo Valdez, Greggy Liwag, Mark Joseph.
Halik Sa Pisngi Ng Langit
1986
8.0This dramatic anthology of true-to-life stories of love and domestic problems based on letters sent by to the TV drama program hosted by Helen Vela who gives advice to troubled viewers.
Lovingly Yours, Helen: The Movie
1984
7.0Is it possible for lovers who passed away a century ago to return to life in order to keep their promise of love?
Isusumbong Kita sa Diyos
1988
4.6Paradise Inn is more than a watering hole, a gambling den cum-brothel frequented by the menfolk. It is a notorious landmark. Ester Paraiso, a retired prostitute, runs the place with help from her own daughter, Daria, whom she is preparing for the job, and from influential politicos. Her daughter, however, decides to run away but is later spurned by her suitor and his offer of a respectable life. Even the timely arrival of a two-beat magician, Rey, who hastily proposes marriage, fails to prevent the escalating tension as the mother-daughter conflict takes its worst turn culminating in the characters' fiery destruction.
Paradise Inn
1985
NRA group of farcical elite of mercenaries made up of dysfunctional members was hired and formed to rescue a group of kidnapped beauty queens and a gay pageant organizer from the hands of a retarded rebel group led by an insane insecure queen Madame Butterfly whose initial plan was only to kidnap Angela Mo Ray from the Kingdom of Kwe Kwe for a hefty amount of money as ransom.
Lost and Found Command: Rebels Without Because
1987
NRHis bad fate and past life drove him to find another life in the mountain. He obtained his power from an old hermit who gave him his magic cane before he died. He faced a lot of trials and saved the barrio from the mercy of bandits.
Ermitaño
1981
NRTwo families are rivals in the funeral business.
Nagalit Ang Patay sa Haba ng Lamay
1985
8.0In 1985, jeepney driver Ulysses "Boboy" Alega loses his vehicle just as he needed money to pay his rent and buy medications for his child. After he accidentally shoots and kills a person during a fight, Boboy is then imprisoned and tortured by the police. With his release from prison, Boboy eventually joins a group involved in arms smuggling, and after some time its members come to consider him as their leader.
Alega Gang: Public Enemy No. 1 of Cebu
1988
9.0A 1980 Filipino action film from Carlo J. Caparas
Kung Tawagin Siya'y Bathala
1980
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Takbo... Peter... Takbo!
1981
7.0A 1984 Filipino film starring Jess Lapid Jr. and Redford White
Billy the Kid & The Sunshine Gid plus The Nevermind Company
1984
3.8Isla, a island maiden who has all the males, including her father, lusting after her. Her dream was to leave her primitive surroundings and find another life in the big city. However, it would not be easy. To be able to escape, she must use her body to pay off all the men who would help her.
Isla
1985
A 1983 Filipino action film about the Bangsamoro struggle and Mindanao.
Anak ng Sultan
1983
3.0No synopsis available yet.
Mga Paru-Parong Buking
1985
7.0When her boyfriend leaves for Japan on a singing contract, a dancer is so distraught she does not see the car that hits her. The driver pretends to be a helpful passer-by; they fall in love and gets married. Only bringing her to a more complicated life.
Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos
1988
8.0A 1984 Filipino Western film by Angel Labra.
Wrong Ranger
1984
9.0St. Peter inadvertently lost his heavenly keys that the Almighty sends his jester planet earth of all places to search for the misplaced keys. Wandering the streets, the petulant clown is greatly grieved by poverty and the moral degradation of man.
Clown
1986
NR"Thou shall not kill" is God's command that tortures the mind of David everytime he is in the brink of killing out of anger and revenge. But until when is the challenge of the said commandment?
Huwag Kang Papatay!
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Anak Ng Tulisan
1982
NRA 1980 Filipino action film starring Lito Lapid and Melanie Marquez.
Kristo Zapata
1980
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Viva Santiago
1981
1970s · 1 titles
1960s · 10 titles
6.2The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the early years of World War II.
No Man Is an Island
1962
10.0The story follows an aspiring Negros Occidental mayoral candidate who was tortured and killed during election season in 1951.
The Moises Padilla Story
1961
6.4Based on the revolutionary novel by Jose Rizal, the story follows Crisostomo Ibarra, a young Filipino man who returned from his studies in Europe, who discovered that his father was falsely imprisoned and abused by the Spanish friars, including Padre Damaso. While he is making plans to uplift the lives of his fellow countrymen, he faced resistance from the Spanish colonial government.
Noli Me Tángere
1961
8.0A humble provincial girl, Lily, ekes out a living selling flowers in bustling Manila when she musters the courage to present a single bloom to Miguel, a kind-hearted young architect. Their innocent romance blossoms amid family disapproval and the temptations of city life, but when a jealous rival schemes to tear them apart, Lily and Miguel must fight to protect the fragile beauty of their love “because of a flower.”
Because of a Flower
1967
7.0Ethan, a missionary priest in the Phillipines, falls in love and falls from grace. He sinks into a world of alcohol, loneliness and self-doubt, but dies a hero fighting for the life of the woman he loved.
Ethan
1964
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Atorni Agaton: Agent Law-Ko
1969
After a traumatic event leaves a young woman with hysterical blindness and amnesia, "The Blind Hunter" (George Nader) steps in to protect her from a brutal killer. Her memories are finally unlocked by an eerie piano melody of the Visayan love song Dandansuy, leading to a climactic showdown along the dangerous, winding Kennon Road near Baguio City.
Zigzag
1963
When an artist discovers his wife is having an affair with their jungle guide, he lures them into posing for him in a radioactive jungle river.
The Omegans
1968
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
NRA True-To-Life Story of "Adiong" The Terror of Tondo...A Story of Bravery in Action.
Adiong Sikat ng Tondo
1962
1950s · 25 titles
NRA doctor finds love in a remote resort when he was asked by a friend to be his best man at the wedding. Ric and Gloria met accidentally while fishing at the foot of the mountain. They soon fall in love.
Sa Paanan ng Bundok
1953
NRA man in 50's Philippine society.
Tininti del Baryo
1950
9.0Claudo thought that money was everything until Loida taught him that love is not on a cash and carry basis.
₱10,000 Pag-ibig
1957
NRFour masked men fighting against the evils of this world. A costume picture about a medieval swashbuckler who redeems his family's honor.
Four Aces
1950
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Pasikat
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ganyan Lang Ang Buhay
1953
5.9A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.
Child of Sorrow
1956
7.0Simon sets out to avenge his bride's death at the hands of the bandit Martinico and by accident, he captures Martinico's bride-to-be Belen and uses her to find Martinico.
Venganza
1958
NRA king dreams, and his wisemen interprets his dream in which he will be overthrown. So his conniving jester suggests to kill all the babies but two survives, grows up and fulfills the king's dream.
Anak Ng Berdugo
1955
10.0Kambal Tuko is undoubtedly one of Pugo and Togo's best vehicles with the comic tandem as the conjoined twins Momoy and Popoy.
Kambal Tuko
1952
NRA spoiled man gets punished by his father and gets disinherited, so he learns the value of hard work and money.
No Money No Honey
1955
7.7Carding, the anti-Japanese guerrilla turned Huk rebel when his family's land is taken over by the greedy landlord while Maxie, the communist recruiter who assures Carding that only a communist can be a true Filipino; however it was Jesus, Carding's brother-in-law who shoots Carding in the arm foiling his attempt to escape the military.
Huk in a New Life
1953
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Casa Grande
1958
NRA story about a mischievous youth group.
Dama Juana Gang
1956
6.0Salome, a seductive and alluring daughter of Herodias and stepdaughter to King Herodes, discovers faith and Christianity through her love for a Roman centurion named Cornelius.
Banal o Makasalanan?
1955
7.2Hassan, the son of a tribe chief of the Badjaos, a pagan, sea-dwelling Filipino tribe, meets and falls for Bala Amai, the niece of the chief of the Tausugs, an Islamic, land-dwelling tribe. Although the Hassan is willing to give up his lifestyle for Bala Amai and vice versa, the Tausugs plot to break up the union of the happy couple.
Badjao
1957
NRA story about two feuding families, whose loves and hates are as big as the great outdoors, a drama of cattle barong, of men fast on the draw and ladies just as deadly as they are charming.
Walang Takot
1959
10.0A touching drama of parental love that prolific filmmaker Susana de Guzman adapted from her own serialized novel in Liwayway magazine.
Sonny Boy
1955
NRIs society to blame for the bruised and twisted minds of a city's slums snarling, growling, and grumbling as they are? "Barkada" awaits your verdict.
Barkada
1958
Cristina, a pretty young neighborhood girl, is pursued by the mysterious Satur, a wealthy but mysterious young man. Cristina, however, is engaged to Sendong, a young farmer. When Cristina's mother is taken suddenly ill and there appears to be no hope of recovery, Satur says that can cure her in exchange for Cristina being promised to him. Desperate, Cristina agrees and her mother pulls through. Cristina and Sendong soon find out that she may have well made a deal with the devil.
Satur
1951
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Bad Boy
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Mr. Announcer
1959
NRDedicated to the valiant Boholano hero Francisco Dagohoy, this film shows the real causes that impelled the Dagohoy Uprising.
Dagohoy
1953
7.5Maria and Jose, a young married couple begin life together in an orchard in the countryside. It isn't long until they have four children: Miguel, Arturo, Angelita, and Lito. The eldest, Miguel, is a deaf-mute. Life is good for the family and the children grow up and bring joy to the community. But trouble enters their lives when Jose makes an enemy of Bruno, a widower, much feared in the village.
Blessings of the Land
1959
5.0Two people from two different Polynesian groups fall in love at first sight.
Hawayana
1953
Behind the camera
NRUpon the advice of his heart, Arturo searches for the girl with whom he should settle down.
Pilipino Kostum No Touch!
1955
7.0Ramon is wrongfully imprisoned after killing a man who was attempting to rape a woman he witnessed while driving down a dark highway. That woman, Lydia, fails to testify in his defense and Ramon vows to never forgive that person ever again. Their fates become intertwined after both fall in love with each other, unbeknownst to their past accident.
Kung Ako'y Mahal Mo
1960
6.0Salome, a seductive and alluring daughter of Herodias and stepdaughter to King Herodes, discovers faith and Christianity through her love for a Roman centurion named Cornelius.
Banal o Makasalanan?
1955
NRA story about Boy Scouts going on a camping, having fun and getting into deep trouble.
Troop 11
1957
NRPopular comic strip character comes to life.
Mister Wong
1963
7.0Nanding is a fisherman/farmer who also happens to possess a fine singing voice. The barrio is astir with the return of Marina, the daughter of the despotic Cabesang Berong the town's richest resident, who was a childhood friend of Nanding. Marina and Nanding renew their old friendship and the friendship inevitably turns into love.
Sarung Banggi
1947
8.0A story about Nora a rich young woman from the province who made a vow along with another friend to go the metro and pretend to be beggars to raise money for their church. On their way there on the train they met Ernesto a rich young man who falls in love with Nora oblivious of her vow.
Kalyehera
1957



