Susan Africa

Susan Africa

Born: August 20, 1959
Susan Africa (born August 20, 1959) is a veteran Filipino film, television and theatre actress. She is best-known for her remarkable performances in several hit television series including Mara Clara (1992) and Kadenang Ginto (2018).

Movies for Susan Africa...

Title: Batang Quiapo
Character: Nonita Dimaculangan / Nita
Released: February 13, 2023
Type: TV
A young man rises to be one of the biggest outlaws in the neighborhood while he navigates his way in life to survive in Quiapo. Hoping to earn the affection of his parents, his feat draws him closer to the truth about his identity.
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Title: Dirty Linen
Character: Pilar Onore
Released: January 23, 2023
Type: TV
To exact vengeance, a young woman infiltrates the household of an influential family as a housemaid to expose their dirty secrets. However, love will get in the way of her revenge plot.
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Title: The Broken Marriage Vow
Character: Marina Ilustre
Released: January 24, 2022
Type: TV
A seemingly perfect home gets shattered by broken trust and infidelity, bringing forth catastrophic effects into the lives of the couple, their son, and everyone else involved. This is a story about a woman scorned.
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Gameboys: The Movie
Title: Gameboys: The Movie
Character: Tita Myra
Released: June 30, 2021
Type: Movie
The story of gamers turned lovers Cairo and Gavreel, to spend time together in Gavreel's house, a few weeks before Cairo returns to his province. What starts out as a romantic holiday for the young couple turns into a relationship test that they have to overcome. Cairo is faced with the reality of his imminent departure while Gavreel is compelled to make a life-changing decision. After defying distance and even the pandemic, will Cairo and Gavreel be able to prove once again that their love for each other is strong enough to withstand fate and circumstance?
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Noontime Drama
Title: Noontime Drama
Character: Sonia
Released: October 31, 2020
Type: Movie
In the confines of her own kitchen, a single mother struggles to prepare Kare-Kare with her daughter.
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The Mall, The Merrier
Title: The Mall, The Merrier
Character: Aling Mae
Released: December 25, 2019
Type: Movie
After the death of their parents, two estranged sisters must come together to save their family mall from ending up on evil hands.
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Sunod
Title: Sunod
Character: Perla
Released: December 25, 2019
Type: Movie
A woman is desperate to find the cure to her daughter's illness. She takes a job at a call center, only to be haunted by the ghost in it.
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Ma
Title: Ma
Character: Cecile's Mother
Released: July 7, 2019
Type: Movie
After his mother dies suddenly, Samuel goes into a mysterious cave that claims to grant wishes and asks for his mother’s life back.
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The Halt
Title: The Halt
Character: Mamang
Released: June 1, 2019
Type: Movie
It is the year 2034 AD and Southeast Asia has been in the dark for the last three years, literally, because the sun hasn’t shone as a result of massive volcanic eruptions at the Celebes Sea in 2031. Madmen control countries, communities, enclaves and bubble cities. Cataclysmic epidemics razed over the continent. Millions have died and millions have left.
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The Hows of Us
Title: The Hows of Us
Character: Lola Leonida
Released: August 29, 2018
Type: Movie
A young couple dream of growing old together as they deal with the struggles of being in a long-term relationship.
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Title: The Promise of Forever
Character: Janet Trinidad / Helen Reyes
Released: September 11, 2017
Type: TV
Not wanting to feel the pain of losing his loved ones over and over again, Nicolas, an immortal man, keeps himself from falling in love. As he goes through life alone, he meets Sophia, the woman who changes his life forever.
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Singing in Graveyards
Title: Singing in Graveyards
Character: Myrna
Released: September 8, 2016
Type: Movie
Pepe, a 68-year-old impersonator of a Filipino rock legend, lives alone on the borders of reality, imagination and mysticism. One day, he is finally given the chance to open for the rock legend’s concert but he must do something neither of them has done before – write a love song.
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A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
Title: A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
Character: Aling Hule
Released: March 26, 2016
Type: Movie
Andres Bonifacio y de Castro is considered to be one of the most influential proponents in the struggle against Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines during the late nineteenth century. Bonifacio’s widow is searching for her husband’s missing dead body; as she and her followers stumble deeper into the jungle, they become entangled in the dense thicket of their own guilt and responsibility. The Spanish governor tries to play off the various rebel factions and their utopian visions against each other. At the same time, a badly wounded companion of Bonifacio reflects upon the victims a revolution inevitably creates. Mythology, facts and a vibrant sense of history merge.
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Title: The Story of Us
Character: Aurora Sandoval
Released: February 29, 2016
Type: TV
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Title: Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real
Character: Salome "Umeng" Salazar
Released: June 2, 2014
Type: TV
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Title: Prinsesa ng Buhay Ko
Character: Alicia Salazar
Released: September 23, 2013
Type: TV
Prinsesa ng Buhay Ko or Princess of My Life is a Filipino drama series to be broadcast by GMA Network starring Kris Bernal, Aljur Abrenica, LJ Reyes and Renz Fernandez It is set to premiere on September 23, 2013 replacing Binoy Henyo and on the network's GMA Telebabad block and worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV on September 24, 2013.
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Title: Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala
Character: Demetria Panaligan
Released: June 17, 2013
Type: TV
Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala is a Philippine television drama broadcast on ABS-CBN and worldwide on TFC from June 17, 2013 replacing Ina, Kapatid, Anak. It served as a comeback for The Queen of Philippine Soap Opera, Judy Ann Santos, with Sam Milby and KC Concepcion in their first antagonist roles. It is a dark melodrama involving women fighting adversity in life and marriage
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Shackled
Title: Shackled
Character: Jess' Mother
Released: July 21, 2012
Type: Movie
Stealing a middle-class woman’s smartphone is the biggest mistake in the petty-criminal life of Jestoni "Jess" Biag . It not only gets him locked up and waterboarded, but also gives him a crash-course in the workings of the deeply corrupt system personified by his nemesis Inspector Domingo. The phone’s memory contains an embarrassing video, which makes the owner Grace Rosuello determined to get it back; her persistence lands Jess in custody.
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Title: Rod Santiago's The Sisters
Character: Carlota Zialcita
Released: July 18, 2011
Type: TV
Rod Santiago's The Sisters is the first TV adaptation of the classic Pinoy comic series written by Rod Santiago, which is the third dramaserye aired in Philippines by TV5 and starred by Nadine Samonte along with Leandro Muñoz and is directed by Joyce Bernal and Argel Joseph. The show marks Nadine Samonte's first project in TV5.
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Bahay Bata
Title: Bahay Bata
Character: Rose
Released: July 16, 2011
Type: Movie
Sarah is a nurse at a Public Maternity Hospital. The hospital is abuzz with pregnant mothers of all shapes and sizes in different stages of labor. The hospital is short on staff on Christmas Day so Sarah is forced to put in a double shift. Sarah observes the women coming and going in her ward, noting who is a first-timer and who is a veteran. Meanwhile, the wards are overcrowded : two women and their babies sharing single beds while those in labor are spilling unto the hallways. Sarah takes these all in stride, her heart and mind laboring over her own personal pains.
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Title: Green Rose
Character: Linda Reyes-Delgado
Released: February 14, 2011
Type: TV
Green Rose is a critically acclaimed Philippine television drama that aired on ABS-CBN. from February 14, 2011 to May 27, 2011 It is a remake of the Korean drama of the same title aired by SBS.
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Dalaw
Title: Dalaw
Character: Milagros
Released: December 25, 2010
Type: Movie
For the sake of her son, Paolo, Stella is re-married to another man, Anton, in the hopes of a having a whole and peaceful family life. However, after the wedding, she experiences major haunting that endangers her life and the people around her. All the clues are pointing to her dead husband. Feeling guilty of her ex-husband’s death, Stella tries to save her family from the ghost’s wrath. Along the way, secrets start to unravel and Stella is now unsure of who is haunting her and why she is being haunted.
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Title: You're Mine, Only Mine
Character: Theresa
Released: March 1, 2010
Type: TV
You're Mine, Only Mine is the seventh installment of the Precious Hearts Romances Presents TV series. Denise Laurel and Will Devaughn was the star.
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Title: Rubi
Character: Yaya Pancha
Released: February 15, 2010
Type: TV
Rubi was a television series in the Philippines that is a remake of Televisa's Rubí and produced by ABS-CBN which premiered February 15, 2010.
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Lure of the Nest
Title: Lure of the Nest
Character: Sayong
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
An American woman hopes to have a happy reunion with her long-lost Filipino father and finds instead an aloof and unforgiving stranger who hasn't gotten over the painful past.
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Soliloquy
Title: Soliloquy
Released: October 18, 2009
Type: Movie
A bus takes-off from urban Manila to the rural southeastern side of the country, carrying a group of mixed passengers from all walks of life, each one has a personal story to tell and they are telling it in their own voice. During the long journey, as the passengers mentally sort out their past & their future, things happen in the present, by choice or by providence, that make their journey memorable—the bus blows a tire, a song elicits tears, a butterfly causes commotion, a picture gets lost, someone's head is stoned, some hearts are broken, some mended. The bus ride poetizes the life journey and poses questions on issues of life and death and where exactly the line is drawn between free will and destiny.
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Kinatay
Title: Kinatay
Character: Socorro
Released: September 23, 2009
Type: Movie
A young man tries to make some money so he can marry his girlfriend. He takes a job for $2,000 and then soon realizes that this job involves killing a woman.
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Tarot
Title: Tarot
Character: Diana
Released: August 26, 2009
Type: Movie
A young woman uses her grandmother's tarot cards to find her missing boyfriend.
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Drumbeat
Title: Drumbeat
Character: Ma
Released: November 30, 2007
Type: Movie
Jason and Billy struggling to fulfill their unlikely dream, and having their world crumble around them as a consequence.
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Title: Palimos ng Pag-ibig
Character: Tesang
Released: March 5, 2007
Type: TV
Palimos ng Pag-ibig is a Filipino drama series aired by ABS-CBN in 2007. It is a remake of the 1985 film of the same name. The series is the first installment of Sineserye Presents.
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You Are the One
Title: You Are the One
Released: August 29, 2006
Type: Movie
Sally Malasmas applies for a US visa. There she meets the young and dashing vice-consul Will Derby with a wide, warm and inviting smile. Sally feels it's her lucky day! But Will thinks Sally does not have enough ties to the Philippines that will make her come back. He denies her visa, beams one last sweet smile at her and turns his back before she could protest. It isn't Sally's lucky day anymore. Sally Malasmas is a Care Officer at the National Statistics Office. She's smart and is a genuinely caring person who always has a hand to help other people.
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Title: Mukha
Character: Leonor
Released: March 14, 2005
Type: TV
Mukha is a Philippine television drama and the first installment of Now and Forever series. The story of Mukha revolves around two girls and how their lives are intertwined because of the evil schemes of one wicked woman.
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Bcuz Of U
Title: Bcuz Of U
Character: Nanay
Released: November 17, 2004
Type: Movie
This movie encloses three intertwining love stories of six different people through a vintage car: Ria and RJ share the perfect relationship until she chickens out on their wedding. Years after, she decides to win him back. But the indecisive and the new RJ is now the most sought-after model in town. He wants nothing of her anymore. Will their love prevail over the pain they cause each other? Cara never takes a chance on falling in love because she believes that it will only break her heart. That was until she meets Roni but only to find out that he is the kind of man she's been trying to avoid. Will she take the risk this time? Louie, a tourist guide, meets April a Korean girl who gets lost in the city and is left with no choice but to pretend that she is a famous actress in her hometown only to survive. Will it be possible for two very different individuals find home in one another?
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Title: Krystala
Character: Aleta
Released: October 11, 2004
Type: TV
Krystala was a daily fantasy/sci-fi/adventure/soap opera serial from the Philippines, where it was produced by and aired on ABS-CBN from October 11, 2004 to April 22, 2005. The show also aired simultaneously on The Filipino Channel and on a one-week delay on International Channel in the United States.
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My First Romance
Title: My First Romance
Character: Che's Mom (segment "One Love")
Released: October 29, 2003
Type: Movie
The first episode is entitled One Love. Jackie is the campus queen, rich, beautiful and liked by everyone except Che, who thinks that Jackie is just a shallow brat. After being forced to work together for school activities, Jackie made it a personal goal for Che to like her. Two Hearts is the second episode. Enzo is a star soccer player at school who loves the attention that he gets. However, he takes many things for granted, this changes when he gets a heart problem and doctors say that only a transplant can save his life.
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Masamang Ugat
Title: Masamang Ugat
Character: Mercedes
Released: July 18, 2003
Type: Movie
Separated as children, two brothers find themselves on opposing sides of the law as adults, with one working as a cop trying to take down the drug lord for whom his brother works.
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Magnifico
Title: Magnifico
Character: Pracing
Released: January 29, 2003
Type: Movie
Even though he is not good in school and belongs to a poor and unfortunate family, Magnifico still have a big heart and a large amount of optimism that enabled him to help not only his family but also the community.
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Krocodylus
Title: Krocodylus
Character: Melba Lofranco
Released: December 4, 2000
Type: Movie
A sleazy producer develops a concept he dubs "blood surfing" -- tossing bloody fish remains into the water to lure sharks and then surfing through the animals as they chomp about. Along with his camerawoman, the producer brings two thrill-seeking surfers to the coast of Florida to capture some gnarly footage. But, as they blood surf, they encounter something even more deadly: a colossal prehistoric crocodile intent on devouring them.
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Gimik: The Reunion
Title: Gimik: The Reunion
Character: Mrs. Lorenzo
Released: April 28, 1999
Type: Movie
A year after college, seven friends Diane Villaruel, Ricky Salveron, Ese Aragon, Joey Fajardo, Gina de Leon, Garry Ballesteros, Melani Suntay, and Brian Lorenzo get together to take a memory down the lane and attempt to relive the past filled with challenges, victories and problems. Things are not anymore as they seemed to be as each of them treads on different path to self-discovery and accomplishment. Gina and Gary are preparing for their wedding when they learn about Gina’s troublesome reproductive system. On the other hand, just when Melanie finally gave her yes to Brian, the latter met an accident and fell in coma. Ese and Joey learned to be sweeter with each other until Joey got his dream car. And lastly, Ricky, who has been long waiting for his Diane lacked the enough courage to confess when Diane came in.
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Notoryus
Title: Notoryus
Character: Madre
Released: September 27, 1998
Type: Movie
Toryo Liwanag is a born trouble maker. He sees no difference between being in jail and out of it saying that once he gets out he is basically only in a different much larger enclosure. A cage of crime and poverty. One day he meets Liway, a PUP colegiala looking to interview and put into study the behavior of troublemakers, the likes of Toryo. He is released from prison. But trouble seems to have a crush on Toryo.
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DNA
Title: DNA
Character: Nurse
Released: March 7, 1997
Type: Movie
A mad scientist's DNA experiment on the bones of a mysterious jungle creature brings the carnivorous beast to life, and only his former assistant Ash Mattley and CIA operative Claire Sommers can stop it.
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Mara Clara: The Movie
Title: Mara Clara: The Movie
Character: Susan
Released: September 18, 1996
Type: Movie
Almira and Susan give birth at the same time in the same hospital. Gary steals Almira’s newborn child and switches the infant to one of his newborn twins; in revenge to Almira’s decision of rejecting him, Gary concocts the wicked plan with his friend Kardo to switch the babies. However, one of the twins dies in the process of switching and the Del Valles are made to believe that the stillborn child is theirs. Gary then persuades Amante to adopt one of his twins to spare Almira from despair and sorrow. Amante agrees for a fee and Gary hands one of his twins to Amante. Kardo, feeling remorseful documents every detail of the event on his diary. Susan names her daughter Mara while the Del Valles name their child, Clara.
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Asero
Title: Asero
Character: Chayong
Released: August 30, 1995
Type: Movie
Childhood friends Victor and Narding built their friendship in the street. At a very young age, they were partners performing dangerous activities. However, Narding heeds his foster parents’ request for him to enter the seminary to become a priest. Victor is left alone without any parental support. Later on, he grows up to be a criminal. His wayward ways eventually got him imprisoned. Meanwhile, Narding became a good priest. He visits his old friend Victor in the prison and supported him until he finished his term. Narding accompanies Victor to their hometown where Narding works as a parish priest. Albeit their friendship has rekindled, Victor and Narding argue because of their different ways of raising homeless kids. Victor trains them the rough and dangerous ways, while Narding wants them to settle everything in a peaceful manner.
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Terminal Virus
Title: Terminal Virus
Character: Queen of the Amazon
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
It has been 23 years since a world war during which combatants unleashed a lab-created virus that has made life no fun at all. Civilization has broken down into forcibly celibate, warring male and female tribes. Any co mingling, even rape, is punished by both sides with summary execution, for victim and perpetrator alike. A paramilitary fanatic on a vague religious mission leads his gunmen to massacre a peaceful scientific community where men and women committed the blasphemy of co-ed habitation.
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One and Only Star
Title: One and Only Star
Released: August 31, 1994
Type: Movie
Miggy is not an ordinary boy. He grows up as a learning, mentally challenged person. He becomes the center of his brother's life. A psychiatrist gives her time and attention to help Miggy. Together they face the odds and joys of bringing up Miggy in his different world.
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Kailan Dalawa Ang Mahal
Title: Kailan Dalawa Ang Mahal
Released: October 12, 1993
Type: Movie
A 1993 Filipino film starring Snooky Serna, Gabby Concepcion, Ruffa Gutierrez, and Miguel Rodriguez.
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Title: Noli Me Tangere
Character: Doray
Released: July 6, 1993
Type: TV
Eddie Romero's miniseries adaptation of the novel from Filipino writer and activist Jose Rizal, published during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines in 1887. Noli Me Tángere (Latin for "Touch Me Not") explores perceived inequities in law and practice in terms of the treatment by the ruling government and the Spanish Catholic friars of the resident peoples in the late nineteenth century.
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McBain
Title: McBain
Character: Young Mother
Released: September 20, 1991
Type: Movie
Santos attempts to lead a people's revolt in Colombia to overthrow the Presidente. When his revolt fails and he is killed, his sister Christina goes to New York to find McBain, a lieutenant Santos rescued during the Vietnam War. McBain agrees to help, recruits his old war buddies, raises some cash by killing a few drug dealers, then leads an attack to topple the Colombian government.
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Andrea, How Is It Like to Be a Mother?
Title: Andrea, How Is It Like to Be a Mother?
Character: Jackylyn
Released: December 25, 1990
Type: Movie
When it is time for her to give birth, Andrea, a communist insurgent seeks refuge in the city to her best friend Joyce. When Andrea's husband is reportedly killed, she temporarily leaves her son to their care. But before Andrea could return to her baby, she is arrested by the military. With no news of Andrea's whereabouts and presuming her to have been dead, the childless couple decided to keep the child and bring him to the United States. Upon returning to the country after seven years for a visit, Andrea confronts them and tries to claim his son back.
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Itanong Mo sa Buwan
Title: Itanong Mo sa Buwan
Character: Josie's Officemate
Released: December 25, 1988
Type: Movie
A robbery goes wrong and the bank's teller, Josie is abducted by lone gunman Angelito Asuncion. A few weeks pass and Josie escapes to tell a tale of terror and mayhem. She asserts to have faked falling for him in order to win his trust while Angelito surfaces to claim otherwise. Josie is not really a victim but has been his lover for some time. In fact, they planned the whole thing so they could start a new life together. Who is telling the truth?
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Birds of Prey
Title: Birds of Prey
Released: September 10, 1988
Type: Movie
A Filipino dancer performing for the US Filipino community
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Saigon Commandos
Title: Saigon Commandos
Character: Lang
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A series of drug-related murders haunt Saigon. Ex-Green Beret Mark Stryker and his MP's must find the culprits. With the help of Jean Lassiter, a nosey reporter covering the crime beat, Stryker uncovers the involvement of corrupt politicians in the heroin trade and in the killings. But before he can pin them down, Stryker is framed for the murder of his commanding officer and now he must clear his name, free Lassiter from her captors, and stop his men from carrying out their own kind of vengeance before it is too late.
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Olongapo... The Great American Dream
Title: Olongapo... The Great American Dream
Character: Charlie
Released: December 25, 1987
Type: Movie
The musty smell of a dingy hostess bar in Olongapo is an unlikely and dangerous place for dreams to come true.
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Boatman
Title: Boatman
Released: March 27, 1984
Type: Movie
An erstwhile boatman wants to do a little more than paddle his own canoe in the town famed for its waterfalls. He leaves the village of his roots for the city and lands a job as a live-sex actor called toro in street lingo derived from the Spanish term for bull. Quick successes in his newfound profession delude him into regarding that the measure of a man is in his trousers. He has a partner on stage and off. Despite her cynicism and tough veneer, she sees in him a way out of the slums and the red light district.
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Teenage Marriage
Title: Teenage Marriage
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Two teenage couples realize that marriage isn't child's play and takes maturity and selflessness, as well as love, to make it work.
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I Love You, I Hate You
Title: I Love You, I Hate You
Released: December 3, 1982
Type: Movie
Maricel Soriano plays the role of a young woman pursued by two suitors whose respective qualities make it difficult for her to choose one over the other.
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Tsikiting Master
Title: Tsikiting Master
Released: December 11, 1979
Type: Movie
A 1979 Filipino action comedy film starring Rey Malonzo.
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Title: Scene of the Crime
Character: Marilyn
Released: November 29, 1970
Type: TV
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
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Liyab
Title: Liyab
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Liyab is a story about choices concerning life and death and the people we love.