Manila Boy

Manila Boy
Directed by	Arturo San Agustin
Produced by	Vic del Rosario (Viva Films Executive Producer)
Written by	Eddie Joson
Starring	Robin Padilla
Music by	Magnum "Jun" Garlan
Cinematography	Danny Bustos Ricardo Herrera Ben Lobo Joe Tutanes
Edited by	Edgardo "Boy" Vinarao
Production company	Pioneer Films
Distributed by	Pioneer Films, Viva Films
Release dates	22 September 1993
Country	Philippines
Language	Filipino Tagalog
Budget	P55 million

Manila Boy is a 1993 Filipino crime action comedy-drama film which starring Robin Padilla, Tony Ferrer, Aurora Sevilla, Andy Poe, Berting Labra, Rommel Padilla and Judy Ann Santos. Directed by Arturo San Agustin under Pioneer Films.

Plot

This is a story about Diego (Robin Padilla), a wacky provincial man from Zambales to find a job for works to Manila with Mang Berto (Berting Labra) and finding Mang Berto's long time friend Sibuboy (Val Iglesia) to met Diego for helping him and he likes to willingly work with Sibuboy as his business partner. Suddenly Mang Berto escapes when the cops captured Diego and Sibuboy as a gun runners. Then Ragoy (Romy Diaz) and his men prepares for released Diego and Sibuboy to out of jail and applied for a works to a millionaire kingpin Señor Escudero (Tony Ferrer) as their big boss and hunts against his enemies about the drug smuggling, sex trafficking, hoodlum in roads, and illegal gambling for Señor Escudero's businesses and Gonzalo (Paquito Diaz) taking care of Señor Escudero's decision. Diego remains his alias and become a hitman as Manila Boy.

Cast

Robin Padilla as Diego/Manila Boy
Tony Ferrer as Señor Escudero
Aurora Sevilla as Anita
Judy Ann Santos as Neneng
Berting Labra as Mang Berto
Vanessa Escaño as Vanessa
Norman Lucena as Jake
Fred Panopio as Tiyo Pedong
Ben Dato as Barangay Chairman
Jenny Roa as Minda
Andy Poe as Maj. Zaragoza
Paquito Diaz as Gonzalo
Romy Diaz as Ragoy
Max Alvarado as Turko
Val Iglesias as Sibuboy (as Val Iglesia)
Flora Cristobal as Aling Flora
Conrad Poe as Alvarez
Lovely Rivero as Turko's hitwoman
Rommel Padilla as Señor Escudero's henchmen no. 1
June Hidalgo as Señor Escudero's henchmen no. 2 (as Jun Hidlago)
Cesar Iglesias as Señor Escudero's henchmen no. 3 (as Cesar Iglesia)
Danny Riel as Señor Escudero's henchmen no. 4
Jim Rosales as Señor Escudero's henchmen no. 5
July Hidalgo as Ragoy's henchmen no. 1
Jorge Estregan as Ragoy's henchmen no. 2
Renato del Prado as Alvarez's henchmen no. 1
Tony Bernal as Alvarez's men no. 2
Robert Miller as Alvarez's henchmen no. 3
Bomber Moran as Turko's henchmen no. 1
Nonong de Andres as Turko's henchmen no. 2
Rey Solo as Turko's henchmen no. 3
Bobby Oreo as Turko's henchmen no. 4
Bebeng Amora as Turko's henchmen no. 5
King Gutierrez as Gambling syndicate leader
Zandro Zamora as Police officer no. 1
Rene Matias as Police officer no. 2
Ernie David as Inmate no. 1
Tony Bagyo as Inmate no. 2

Manila Boy Movie was disqualified

Robin Padilla's movie was disqualified by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) in 1993, because of the movie title Manila Boy. The name of the Philippine capital, Manila, is kindly not better for the Philippine government, but the showing of the movie was postponed all over Metro Manila cinemas. The Senate committees investigate Padilla's movie because of the title of the movie poster should being as "Boy" and cancelled "Manila" on Padilla's movie poster.

External links

Manila Boy at the Internet Movie Database

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