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Joyful Mystery (1984)

The fortunes of three impoverished friends and their families abruptly change after an airplane crashes in a nearby mountain. They rush to the crash site along with all the villagers, not to help the victims but to plunder their valuables. A dead American passenger carried a large amount of money in his briefcase which Mesiong, Ponsoy, and Jamin find and avariciously keep for themselves. But the town mayor gets greedy and with his hirelings abducts the three to divest them of their booty.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Tony SantosTony SantosPonsoy
  • Photo of Johnny DelgadoJohnny DelgadoMesiong
  • Photo of Ama QuiambaoAma QuiambaoAda
  • Photo of Ronnie LazaroRonnie LazaroJamin
  • Photo of Alicia AlonzoAlicia AlonzoPinang
  • Photo of Robert AntonioRobert AntonioCaptain Salgado
  • Photo of Lito AnzuresLito AnzuresCastro
  • Photo of Mario TaguiwaloMario TaguiwaloMayor Pedro Valle
  • Photo of Maria MontesMaria MontesIsing
  • Photo of Ray VenturaRay VenturaSantos

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