Weighed But Found Wanting

May 30, 1974

2h 8m

★ 7.3

Overview

A privileged teenager, disillusioned with the hypocrisy he witnesses in his small town, forms a bond with a lonely leper and a mentally unstable homeless woman.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Cinemanila

Weighed But Found Wanting Trailers

Cast

Junior

Christopher de Leon

Kuala

Lolita Rodriguez

Bertong Ketong

Mario O'Hara

Evangeline Ortega

Hilda Koronel

Cesar Blanco

Eddie Garcia

Mrs. Carolina Blanco

Lilia Dizon

Alicia Alonzo

Nitoy

Joseph Sytangco

Rosa Aguirre

Mrs. Sy

Lorli Villanueva

Lily Miraflor

Eddie's father

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