MOVIE TRIVIA #7: AKO'Y ALIPIN NG OPIO (1961)

Did you know that Premiere Productions' Ako'y Alipin ng Opio was the first serious Tagalog movie made on the subject of drug addiction? It was produced and released in 1961 during the height of Times reporter Rodolfo Reyes’ expose of a drug den in Malabon. Based on that year’s top headlines, the movie tried to uncover and expose the evils of narcotics.

See Rod Reyes expose on drug den

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Ako'y Alipin ng Opio (1961)- Stars Efren Reyes,
Johnny Monteiro, Eddie Mesa, Leonor Vergara/
Directed by Efren Reyes