Moro Witch Doctor

Moro Witch Doctor
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Eddie Romero
Produced by	Eddie Romero; Kane W. Lynn;
Screenplay by	Eddie Romero
Starring	Jock Mahoney; Margia Dean; Vic Diaz; Reed Hadley; Paraluman; Michael Parsons;
Music by	Ariston Avelino
Cinematography	Felipe Sacdalan
Edited by	Joven Calub
Production; company	Associated Producers International; Hemisphere Pictures;
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	November 1964;
Running time	90 minutes (Philippines); 61 minutes (Philippines);
Country	United States; Philippines;
Language	English; Filipino;
Budget	less than US$65,000.00[1]

Moro Witch Doctor (Filipino: Amok) is a 1964 Filipino action film written and directed by Eddie Romero, and co-produced by Romero, Kane W. Lynn and Irwin Pizor (doing business as "Hemisphere Pictures"). The film stars Jock Mahoney, Margia Dean, Pancho Magalona, Reed Hadley, Paraluman, Vic Diaz and Michael Parsons. The film was shot back to back with The Walls of Hell.[1]

The film originally ran 90 minutes. It was sold to Robert L. Lippert who arranged for it to be released in November 1964, by 20th Century Fox in a 61-minute version.[1][2][3]

Plot

CIA agent Jefferson Stark is ordered to the Philippines to investigate the double homicide of two American plantation owners, Cameron and Kruger. Authorities believe the two were killed as a result of local gun smuggling and drug dealing. Cameron's sister Paula helps Stark in his investigation, and learns her brother is still alive and has gone into hiding from the syndicate. Stark discovers the plantation is all just a cover for the crime ring's smuggling operations. A fanatical cult leader named Datu Sumlang tries to buy the property, but when Paula refuses to sell, her brother's ex-friends start getting murdered. Stark uses Paula as a lure by telling her to meet him in Manila with a suitcase full of money. She gets attacked by the supposedly dead Kruger, and Stark comes to Paula's aid and kills him. With Kruger's death, the crime ring dissolves and her brother Cameron is exonerated.

Cast

Jock Mahoney as CIA Agent Jefferson Stark
Margia Dean as Paula Cameron
Pancho Magalona as Martin Gonzaga
Reed Hadley as Robert Collins
Paraluman as Selisa Noble
Michael Parsons as Ackerman
Dale Ishimoto as Manuel Romblon
Vic Diaz as Salek
Jay Ilagan as Mahmud
Bruno Punzalan as Datu Sumlang
Nemia Velasco as Mulan
Jerry Uslander as Tom Cameron
Paul Edwards Jr. as Arthur Kruger

Production

Margia Dean later recalled "It was a dangerous film to do. That was really roughing it. We had machine-gunned guards all along... Jock Mahoney was not very pleasant to work with... He was a pompous ass."[4]

gollark: Anyway, PotatOS can totally be trusted with sensitive data. There's a very reasonable privacy policy and when lemmmy stored a krist wallet on a PotatOS computer I didn't even steal it.

gollark: Try potato*plex*.

gollark: That was potatoflight, the elytra program.

gollark: Did you try potatoplex?

gollark: There's a setting somewhere.

References

Ray, Fred Olen (1991). The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors. McFarland. p. 65.
"Moro Witch Doctor (1964) - Overview". TCM.com. 1964-10-28. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
"Moro-Witch-Doctor - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
http://www.westernclippings.com/interview/margiadean_interview.shtml

External links

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[ray-1] Ray, Fred Olen (1991). The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors. McFarland. p. 65.

[2] "Moro Witch Doctor (1964) - Overview". TCM.com. 1964-10-28. Retrieved 2015-09-15.

[3] "Moro-Witch-Doctor - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-09-15.

[4] ttp://www.westernclippings.com/interview/margiadean_interview.shtml