Jaguar (1979)
He has battled with the screen's heavies. Starred opposite its most desirable beauties. Lived thru the full range of human emotions. Now, he is ready for the big time!
Poldo, a poor man, takes up a job as a security guard at a high-class apartment complex. However, he soon finds himself protecting his employer's son from the violent attacks of a nightclub owner.
- Date of release
- 1979-08-31
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, Action
- Director
- Lino Brocka
Casting
- Phillip Salvador — Poldo
- Amy Austria — Cristy
- Menggie Cobarrubias — Sonny Gaston
- Johnny Delgado — Direk San Pedro
- Mario Escudero — Berting
- Jimmy Santos
- Anita Linda — Mother
- Aida Carmona — Estrella
- Joe Cunanan
- Fred Param
- Nonoy De Guzman
- Eddie Gicoso
Interesting facts
Jaguar is a 1979 Filipino neo noir crime film directed by Lino Brocka from a story and screenplay written by Jose F. Lacaba and Ricky Lee. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. The story is based on the real-life "Brown Derby Shooting" incident in 1960 as documented by Quijano de Manila in the article "The Boy Who Wanted to Become Society", later republished in the non-fiction crime anthology, Reportage on Crime (1977).
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