Joseph de Cordova

Acting

Joseph de Cordova

Born — Died

1918-08-27 — 1990-12-16

Known for

Acting

Credits

67 titles

Known for

No Man Is an Island poster
6.2

The 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

Halik Sa Pisngi Ng Langit poster
NR

Halik sa pisngi ng langit: Directed by Efren C. Piñon. With Lala Montelibano, Ronaldo Valdez, Greggy Liwag, Mark Joseph.

Halik Sa Pisngi Ng Langit

1986

Lovingly Yours, Helen: The Movie poster
8.0

This 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

Isusumbong Kita sa Diyos poster
7.0

Is 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

Paradise Inn poster
4.6

Paradise 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

The Moises Padilla Story poster
10.0

The 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

1980s · 21 titles

Halik Sa Pisngi Ng Langit poster
NR

Halik sa pisngi ng langit: Directed by Efren C. Piñon. With Lala Montelibano, Ronaldo Valdez, Greggy Liwag, Mark Joseph.

Halik Sa Pisngi Ng Langit

1986

Lovingly Yours, Helen: The Movie poster
8.0

This 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

Isusumbong Kita sa Diyos poster
7.0

Is 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

Paradise Inn poster
4.6

Paradise 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

Lost and Found Command: Rebels Without Because poster
NR

A 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

Ermitaño poster
NR

His 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

Nagalit Ang Patay sa Haba ng Lamay poster
NR

Two families are rivals in the funeral business.

Nagalit Ang Patay sa Haba ng Lamay

1985

Alega Gang: Public Enemy No. 1 of Cebu poster
8.0

In 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

Kung Tawagin Siya'y Bathala poster
9.0

A 1980 Filipino action film from Carlo J. Caparas

Kung Tawagin Siya'y Bathala

1980

Takbo... Peter... Takbo! poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Takbo... Peter... Takbo!

1981

Billy the Kid & The Sunshine Gid plus The Nevermind Company poster
7.0

A 1984 Filipino film starring Jess Lapid Jr. and Redford White

Billy the Kid & The Sunshine Gid plus The Nevermind Company

1984

Isla poster
3.8

Isla, 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

No artwork available
NR

A 1983 Filipino action film about the Bangsamoro struggle and Mindanao.

Anak ng Sultan

1983

Mga Paru-Parong Buking poster
3.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mga Paru-Parong Buking

1985

Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos poster
7.0

When 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

Wrong Ranger poster
8.0

A 1984 Filipino Western film by Angel Labra.

Wrong Ranger

1984

Clown poster
9.0

St. 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

Huwag Kang Papatay! poster
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

Anak Ng Tulisan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Anak Ng Tulisan

1982

Kristo Zapata poster
NR

A 1980 Filipino action film starring Lito Lapid and Melanie Marquez.

Kristo Zapata

1980

Viva Santiago poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Viva Santiago

1981

1960s · 10 titles

No Man Is an Island poster
6.2

The 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

The Moises Padilla Story poster
10.0

The story follows an aspiring Negros Occidental mayoral candidate who was tortured and killed during election season in 1951.

The Moises Padilla Story

1961

Noli Me Tángere poster
6.4

Based 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

Because of a Flower poster
8.0

A 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

Ethan poster
7.0

Ethan, 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

Atorni Agaton: Agent Law-Ko poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Atorni Agaton: Agent Law-Ko

1969

No artwork available
8.0

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

No artwork available
3.2

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

El Filibusterismo poster
8.5

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.

El Filibusterismo

1962

Adiong Sikat ng Tondo poster
NR

A True-To-Life Story of "Adiong" The Terror of Tondo...A Story of Bravery in Action.

Adiong Sikat ng Tondo

1962

1950s · 25 titles

Sa Paanan ng Bundok poster
NR

A 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

Tininti del Baryo poster
NR

A man in 50's Philippine society.

Tininti del Baryo

1950

₱10,000 Pag-ibig poster
9.0

Claudo thought that money was everything until Loida taught him that love is not on a cash and carry basis.

₱10,000 Pag-ibig

1957

Four Aces poster
NR

Four 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

Pasikat poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pasikat

1955

Ganyan Lang Ang Buhay poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ganyan Lang Ang Buhay

1953

Child of Sorrow poster
5.9

A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.

Child of Sorrow

1956

Venganza poster
7.0

Simon 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

Anak Ng Berdugo poster
NR

A 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

Kambal Tuko poster
10.0

Kambal 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

No Money No Honey poster
NR

A 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

Huk in a New Life poster
7.7

Carding, 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

Casa Grande poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Casa Grande

1958

Dama Juana Gang poster
NR

A story about a mischievous youth group.

Dama Juana Gang

1956

Banal o Makasalanan? poster
6.0

Salome, 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

Badjao poster
7.2

Hassan, 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

Walang Takot poster
NR

A 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

Sonny Boy poster
10.0

A touching drama of parental love that prolific filmmaker Susana de Guzman adapted from her own serialized novel in Liwayway magazine.

Sonny Boy

1955

Barkada poster
NR

Is 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

No artwork available
NR

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

Bad Boy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bad Boy

1957

Mr. Announcer poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mr. Announcer

1959

Dagohoy poster
NR

Dedicated to the valiant Boholano hero Francisco Dagohoy, this film shows the real causes that impelled the Dagohoy Uprising.

Dagohoy

1953

Blessings of the Land poster
7.5

Maria 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

Hawayana poster
5.0

Two people from two different Polynesian groups fall in love at first sight.

Hawayana

1953

Behind the camera

Pilipino Kostum No Touch! poster
NR

Upon the advice of his heart, Arturo searches for the girl with whom he should settle down.

Pilipino Kostum No Touch!

1955

Kung Ako'y Mahal Mo poster
7.0

Ramon 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

Banal o Makasalanan? poster
6.0

Salome, 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

Troop 11 poster
NR

A story about Boy Scouts going on a camping, having fun and getting into deep trouble.

Troop 11

1957

Mister Wong poster
NR

Popular comic strip character comes to life.

Mister Wong

1963

Sarung Banggi poster
7.0

Nanding 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

Kalyehera poster
8.0

A 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