The Moises Padilla Story

The story follows an aspiring Negros Occidental mayoral candidate who was tortured and killed during election season in 1951.

Cast

Leopoldo Salcedo

as Moises Padilla

Joseph Estrada

as Boy

Max Alvarado

as Berto

Lilia Dizon

as Auring

Rosa Aguirre

as Moises' Mother

Joseph de Cordova

as Town Mayor

Robert Arevalo

as Pvt. Cariño

Alfonso Carvajal

as Capt. Enriquez

Ben Perez

as Lacson

Jose Reyes

as Pres. Ramon Magsaysay

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