Pugoy – Hostage: Davao
Directed byFrancis "Jun" Posadas
Written by
  • Francis Posadas
  • Jojo Lapus
  • Ely Perez
Produced byEddie Chua
Starring
CinematographyVer Dauz
Edited byRogelio Salvador
Production
company
First Films
Distributed byFirst Films
Release date
1993
Languages
  • Filipino
  • Cebuano
  • English

Pugoy – Hostage: Davao is a 1993 Filipino action film directed by Francis "Jun" Posadas. The film stars Ian Veneracion as Felipe Pugoy. The film is based on the 1989 Davao hostage crisis.[1][2] Produced by First Films, the film was released in early 1993.[3]

Plot

This film is about the story of Felipe Pugoy, a troubled inmate who, with his gang, instigated a hostage crisis in a Davao City prison that led to 21 deaths (5 hostages and 16 inmates, including Pugoy) in 1989. Among them were a visiting Australian female missionary Jacqueline Hamill with the evangelical Joyful Assembly of God.

Cast

References

  1. "How Duterte comics portrayed Pugoy hostage crisis". ABS-CBN News. April 18, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  2. "Pugoy: Davao Hostage Crisis movie based on 1989 crisis starred Ian Veneracion". Manila Channel. April 18, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  3. "Theater Movie Guide". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. March 13, 1993. p. 19. Retrieved May 17, 2021. CINERAMA 4 [-] Pugoy

Pugoy – Hostage: Davao at IMDb

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