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Moro Witch Doctor (1964)

Moro Witch Doctor poster
Directed by
Eddie Romero
Genre
action film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 01m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A doctor travels to a remote Filipino village to help with a medical crisis. He faces opposition from a local witch doctor and must navigate cultural conflicts.

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What happens

Moro Witch Doctor (Filipino: Amok) is a 1964 Filipino action-adventure film, written and directed by Eddie Romero, and co-produced by Romero, Kane W. Lynn and Irwin Pizor (doing business as "Hemisphere Pictures"). The film stars Jock Mahoney, Margia Dean, Pancho Magalona, Reed Hadley, Paraluman, Vic Diaz and Michael Parsons. The film was shot back to back with The Walls of Hell. The film originally ran 90 minutes. It was sold to Robert L. Lippert who arranged for it to be released in November 1964, by 20th Century Fox in a 61-minute version. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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