"Tatlong Baraha" (1961)
Hollywood- Far East Productions, Inc.
Release Date April 11, 1961/ Center
Story Virgilio Redondo
Serialized in Espesyal Komiks
Screenplay Artemio Marquez
Music Tito Arevalo
Direction Fely Crisostomo
Cast Fernando Poe, Jr., Amado Cortez, Eddie Rodriguez, Cecilia Lopez, Lyn D'Amour, Gloria Sevilla, Joe Sison, Fred Panopio, Flor Bien/ Guest artists: Mario Barri, Oscar Keesee
Tatlong Baraha tells of three friends known for their individual expertise in different kinds of weapons (gun, knife and bullwhip) who parted ways because of differences. Who will win in the end? Writer-illustrator Virgilio Redondo, creator of Palos and Gagamba, was able to keep his readers in suspense during its serial run in Espesyal Komiks in 1961. The komiks serial novel was eventually adapted into movies by Hollywood FarEast Production, the same outfit that made FPJ a box-office action star in Markado in 1960. FPJ played the role of Orlando, the knife wielder, Amado Cortez as Merlin Mendez, the fast drawing gunslinger and Eddie Rodriguez as bullwhip-lashing Roldan Mojica.
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"Tatlong Baraha"
Story by Virgilio Redondo
Serialized in Espesyal Komiks/ 1961
Story by Virgilio Redondo
Serialized in Espesyal Komiks/ 1961
The central figure in that first page leads me to believe that Virgilio Redondo was a fan of Williamson, Wood & Frazetta's art for EC. I believe that American comics were popular in the Philippines at the time.
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