THE SEVENTIES # 295: GLORIA ROMERO, EDDIE GARCIA, MARISSA DELGADO, RONALDO VALDEZ WITH LORNA TOLENTINO AND ARNOLD GAMBOA IN MARS RAVELO'S "LUMUHA PATI MGA ANGHEL" (1971)

A drunkard (Eddie Garcia) mercilessly beats up his sickly wife and two children. He deserts his family for a two-bit hooker. His wife dies of tuberculosis. He goes back to his house with his girlfriend who is cruel to the children.

The movie won the FAMAS award for best supporting actress for Marissa Delgado and best child performer for Arnold Gamboa.

(Source: Lino Brocka: The Artist and his Times)

"Lumuha Pati Mga Anghel" (1971)

Lea Productions

Release Date May 21, 1971

Serialized in Bulaklak Magazine

Story Mars Ravelo

Screenplay Mario O' hara

Cinematography Loreto Isleta

Music Doming Valdez

Direction Lino Brocka

Cast Gloria Romero, Eddie Garcia, Marissa Delgado, Ronaldo Valdez/ Also Starring Lorna Tolentino, Arnold Gamboa and Henry Duval (in a cameo role)/ Co-starring Mary Walter, Veronica Palileo, Patricia Mijares, Tita de Villa, Feliza Salcedo, Angie Ferro, Carpi Asturias, Edwin O'Hara, Joe Galvez, Dante Balawes