Monday, April 7, 2014

THE FIFTIES # 580: FERNANDO POE, JR., LEONOR VERGARA, CIELITO LEGASPI AND EDDIE MESA IN "ROLLING ROCKERS" (1959)/ KOMIKS SERIAL AND MOVIE ADAPTATION



"Rolling Rockers" (1959)
People's Pictures
Release Date January 25, 1959/ Dalisay
Story Virgilio Redondo
Serialized in Hiwaga Komiks
Screenplay Ceasr J. Amigo
Music Tony Maiquez
Direction Danilo H. Santiago
Cast Fernando Poe, Jr., Eddie Mesa, Leonor Vergara, Cielito Legaspi, Berting Labra, Boy Francisco, Renato Robles, Jose Garcia, Teroy de Guzman, Max Alvarado, Rogelio Moreno, Patricia Henson, Dencio Padilla, Paquito Diaz/ Introducing Miriam Jurado, Douglas Dahlen, Francisco Aquino




Fernando Poe, Jr. and Eddie Mesa played brothers in the 1959 movie, "Rolling Rockers." Froilan (FPJ) and Elmo (Eddie Mesa) were orphaned at an early age and the responsibility of earning a living for both falls on the older Froilan. All of his efforts to get Elmo interested in his law studies are however futile because the younger one’s interest lies in his combo. Meanwhile, Froilan finds himself involved with a gang of hoodlums headed by Monching. He was a victim of the gang himself and in self defense had killed one of them. (to continue reading, see image below)




FPJ and Leonor Vergara

(l-r) FPJ, Teroy de Guzman, Eddie Mesa

The movie was based from the komiks novel by Virgilio and Nestor Redondo, serialized in Tagalog Klasiks.


"Rolling Rockers"
Nobela ni Virgilio Redondo
Guhit ni Nestor Redondo
Inilathala sa Hiwaga Komiks




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