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Manila, Open City is a Philippin film of genre Drama directed by Eddie Romero with Charito Solis
Manila, Open City (1968)
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Add to a movie listManila, Open City is a 1968 war film about the Battle of Manila in World War II. The film was screened upon the launching of the National Film Archive of the Philippines in December 2011.
The movie is in the public domain.
Actors
Charito Solis
(Sor Matilde)
James Shigeta
(Captain Murakami)
Alex Nicol
John Ashley
(U.S. Medic)
Mario Montenegro
(Marcos Liwag)
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