The Grepor Butch Belgica Story

The Grepor Butch Belgica Story
Directed byToto Natividad
Screenplay by
  • Butch Belgica
  • Ferdinand Galang
Based onFrom Darkness to Light
by Butch Belgica
Produced byWilliam C. Leary
StarringJoko Diaz
CinematographyCarding Herrera
Edited by
Music byJaime Fabregas
Production
company
Distributed byViva Films
Release date
  • June 21, 1995 (1995-06-21)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino

The Grepor Butch Belgica Story (also known as The Butch Belgica Story) is a 1995 Filipino biographical action film co-edited directed by Toto Natividad. The film stars Joko Diaz as Butch Belgica, the country’s most notorious delinquent during the Marcos administration. It was one of the entries in the 1995 Manila Film Festival.[1][2][3][4][5]

The film is streaming online on YouTube.

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