Manila Boy
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- Ricardo Herrera
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- Joe Tutanes
| Manila Boy | |
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| Directed by | Arturo San Agustin |
| Written by | Eddie Joson |
| Starring | Robin Padilla |
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| Edited by | Edgardo "Boy" Vinarao |
| Music by | Magnum "Jun" Garlan |
Production company | Pioneer Films |
| Distributed by | Pioneer Films |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | Philippines |
| Language | Filipino |
| Budget | ₱55 million |
Manila Boy is a 1993 Filipino action film directed by Arturo San Agustin. The film stars Robin Padilla in the title role.
The film is streaming online on YouTube.
This is a story about Diego (Robin Padilla), a wacky provincial man from Zambales. He gets to find a job and ends up working to Manila for Mang Berto (Berting Labra) and finding Mang Berto's long time friend Sibuboy (Val Iglesia) the two met Diego and thanked him for helping him and he willingly worked 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 prepared to release Diego and Sibuboy out of jail and they ended up working for a millionaire kingpin Señor Escudero (Tony Ferrer) as their big boss and they get involved with his enemies and drug smuggling, sex trafficking, hoodlum in roads, and illegal gambling for Señor Escudero's businesses with Gonzalo (Paquito Diaz) who takes care of Señor Escudero's businesses. Diego gets an alias and becomes the hitman named Manila Boy.