| Ang Panday | |
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| Directed by | Ronwaldo Reyes |
| Screenplay by | Fred Navarro |
| Story by | Carlo J. Caparas |
| Based on | Ang Panday by Carlo J. Caparas and Steve Gan |
| Produced by | FPJ |
| Starring | Fernando Poe, Jr. |
| Cinematography | Ver Reyes |
| Edited by | Augusto Salvador |
| Music by | Ernani Cuenco |
Production company | FPJ Productions |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | Philippines |
| Language | Filipino |
Ang Panday (lit. 'The Blacksmith') is a 1980 Filipino action-fantasy film produced and directed by Fernando Poe Jr., who also stars as the titular character. It is based on the fictional comics character of the same name, created by Carlo J. Caparas and illustrated by Steve Gan.[1][2][3]
The film was followed by three sequels, which also featuring Poe as Flavio, namely Pagbabalik ng Panday (1981), Ang Panday: Ikatlong Yugto (1982) and Ang Panday IV: Ika-Apat Na Aklat (1984). All four films were shown at the Metro Manila Film Festival in their respective years.
An animated TV series, dubbed as the first full-length Filipino animation series, was shown in RPN 9 during the mid-1980s. It was patterned after the storyline of the first movie.
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