"The Day of the Trumpet" (1958)- re-released as "Cavalry Command"(1963)/ Stars John Agar, Pancho Magalona, Alicia Vergel, Richard Arlen, Myron Healey, Cielito Legaspi, Eddie Infante, Boy Planas, Vic Diaz, Max Alvarado/ Directed by Eddie Romero
"Merrill's Marauders" (1962)- Stars Jeff Chandler, Pancho Magalona, Luz Valdez, Ty Hardin, Peter Brown, Will Hutchins, Andre Duggan, Claude Akins/ Directed by Samuel FullerIn the 60s, Pancho Magalona, one of the country's finest actors, barged into the
The two movies are available in DVD
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He was also in "Hook" with Kirk Douglas.
Simon,
Yes, he was in "The Hook" with Kirk Douglas, but was billed as Enrique Magalona. See this link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057152/
Rod
Rod,
Hindi ko napanood yung the Hook, dito ba ang shooting noon ? ano ang istorya ? war movie ba ?
Auggie
Auggie, Simon,
It's a war movie, but looks like the action happens in a ship. I think I did see the movie which was shown at Ideal theater, but that was so long ago. Here's a review of the movie, and Pancho gets good points:
Kirk Douglas runs the gamut of emotion from about A to C, and most of the rest of the performances are similarly limited. In other words, some better actors would have made this a better picture. The most convincing performance comes from Enrique Magalona as the POW, who, speaking no English, is almost silent throughout.
It's by no means action-packed. The action all takes place on board a neutral ship, on which three US servicemen wrestle with their consciences which get in the way of their murdering a Korean POW.
It's a psychological think-piece, but it's tense and quite involving. It's not in the class of Twelve Angry Men, but it's that sort of genre.
Rod,
Do you remember HELL IN THE PACIFIC ? it starred Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune ,I think. Dalawa lang ang character from start to end. Both were marooned soldiers in a small island in the Pacific. Parang dito ang setting. Mi mga puno pa ng UGOB, family ng jackfruit, which is so prevalent in Sorsogon....
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