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Cathay-Keris Film Productions

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Browse 29 movies from Cathay-Keris Film Productions

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Sumpah Pontianak poster
Movie

The original "Pontianak" was made in 1957 directed by B.N. Rao and starred Maria Menado.The film was such a hit that in quick succession, two sequels were made "Dendam Pontianak" aka "Revenge of Pontianak" later in the same year (1957) and "Sumpah Pontianak" aka "The Curse of Pontianak") in 1958,both with Maria Menado."Dendam Pontianak" started the trend of introducing more than one supernatural being into the story,the other character being an old witch Nenek Kebayan(The Old Woman of the Forest)and by the time "Sumpah Pontianak" was made that had increased to four-female vampire Pontianak,an Orang Hutan(Wild Forest Man),a kind of bird-lizard creature and a Hantu Raya or "King Ghost"."Sumpah Pontianak" is an entertaining Malay horror movie with cheap special effects.The main female character Comel is infected by been infected with sumpah pontianak,the curse of the vampire and the villagers begin to die!

Sumpah Pontianak

Jan 1958

Noor Islam poster
Movie

Driven by his fears of angering his god and ruining his country, the pagan Raja sets out to eradicate the already persecuted pacifist Muslim minority. His only daughter, seeing the brutal efforts undertaken by her betrothed on behalf of the Raja.

Noor Islam

Jan 1960

Siti Zubaidah poster
Movie

Siti Zubaidah is based upon the 19th century poem 'Syair Siti Zubaidah Perang Cina'. It centers on Siti Zubaidah, the wife of Sultan Zainal Abidin, who is left defenseless after her husband is taken hostage by a Chinese empress. She eventually allies herself with Princess Rukia of Yunnan, who had fled her own palace under threats of sexual assault. Taking matters into their own hands, they adopt male identities and lead a military conquest across China to rescue the Sultan. Directed by B. N. Rao and starring Maria Menado, the Cathay production borrowed from both of its niches at the time: the film language and costume styles of Malay cinema and Chinese wuxia films, resulting in an imagined reality fusing both visual cultures. At the core of the myriad garbs, armour, accessories and makeup donned by the characters, the tale chronicles the adoption of transformative identities to overcome adversity, enact justice and revenge.

Siti Zubaidah

Jan 1962

Serikandi poster
Movie

This film tells the greatness of Sri Mala who avenge the death of his father who slandered the Chiefs. To satisfy his desire, he agreed with his brother, Kencana to marry the Sultan. The opportunity was not wasted Sri Mala to advise the sultan, who had only according to the dictates of the speakers said that the lust for power.

Serikandi

Jan 1969

Lela Satria poster
Movie

Datuk Karim Jaya death is good news to Datuk Bandung and his followers who want to seize power.

Lela Satria

Jan 1961

Satay poster
Movie

Filem about Kamil a son of a rich man. His father didn't like him to be fooling around girl especially low status girl. One day a kid appear at a park and pointed kamil as his father.

Satay

Jan 1959

Hang Jebat poster
Movie

Inspired by a Malay legend about two friends whose relationship is tested by conflicting loyalties.

Hang Jebat

May 1961

Keranda Berdarah poster
Movie

During an outing to the beach, Ali falls ill suddenly, seemingly struck by a wicked spell. Keeping watch by his bedside, his wife is at a loss as he begins to tell of a long feverish dream set in a legendary (and supernatural) time and place where an unfaithful wife suffers a terrible fate. Ali then attributes his ailment to his wife and accuses her of being unfaithful to him. In order to prove her loyalty to him, the wife blinds herself with sharp object, which miraculously results in Ali’s instant recovery. However, he now abandons his sightless wife and commits adultery with a singer-artiste Dayang. As the plan proceeds, Ali’s wife and her close friend become collateral victims and are killed in a car wreck. Their spirits return to haunt the evildoers.

Keranda Berdarah

Jan 1969

Lanchang Kuning poster
Movie

To seek revenge on a woman whom doesn't reciprocate his love, Dato Ali lies to the Sultan that misfortune will befall him and his kingdom if a sacrificial ritual is not performed. The Sultan believes him and orders that the sacrificial ritual be carried out, without knowing that it involves the use of blood from a woman in her first pregnancy on the sail boat 'Lancang Kuning' before its maiden voyage.

Lanchang Kuning

Jan 1962

Hati Batu poster
Movie

Hati Batu film tells the story of two sisters of a marriage that is not blessed be abused their grandfather who drunkard.

Hati Batu

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The G.I. Executioner poster
Movie

A Vietnam War veteran–turned–journalist in Singapore is pulled into a violent Cold War plot involving espionage, crime, and betrayal.

The G.I. Executioner

Jan 1971

Tiger Ghost poster
Movie

Produced by Cathay-Keris, this omnibus of three stories (with different directors) was adapted from mystery tales featuring Detective Inspector Latiff (S. Roomai Noor), a character created Pelham Groom, a former British officer and genre writer who settled in Singapore. Latiff’s ‘Watson’ is a female Chinese forensic doctor (Mary Lim), and the first story 'Mud on Her Shoes' hinges on the romance between an English expat and a Malay woman. The second story is the titular 'Hantu Rimau'. The third tale ’Double Knock Out’, heralded as the first depiction of a local boxing match, was shot in Happy World (later renamed Gay World), one of the night-life amusement parks known as the ‘Worlds’. 'Mud on Her Shoes' directed by L. Krishnan, 'Hantu Rimau' directed by B.N. Rao, 'Double Knock Out' directed by S. Roomai Noor

Tiger Ghost

Jan 1959

Sri Mersing poster
Movie

A film that revolves around the romance between the two degrees of rotation. The film tells the story of Sri Mersing Damaq a foreigner in a village known as Sri Mersing. He is an honest and good-natured. He hooked heart with a village girl who he saved from trouble. Various stories that touch the heart in this film.

Sri Mersing

Jan 1961

Tajul Ashikin poster
Movie

A prince take decision to leave the palace and begin his journey with his friend, disguise as merchants, in order to know his people better.

Tajul Ashikin

Jan 1963

Sultan Mahmood Mangkat Di-Julang poster
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Based on the royal and political events during the heyday of the Malacca Sultanate. A member of the Sultanate, Megat Datuk Seri Rama, successfully defeats a group of pirates, and rescues a local beautiful woman in the process. The king, Sultan Mahmud, was delighted with his victory for his kingdom and promotes Megat Datuk Seri Rama to Rear Admiral Datuk. This leads to resentment and jealousy from another member of the court, Bija Tun Ali, especially after Rear Admiral Megat Datuk Seri Rama marries the woman he rescued. Bija Tun Ali then leads a conspiracy against him which ultimately leads to tragedy and upheaval in the kingdom. Written by mahajanssen

Sultan Mahmood Mangkat Di-Julang

Jan 1961

Gado Gado poster
Movie

Wahid provides a brief account of his life beginning with his move to the city in search for employment after persuasion from his girlfriend, Rahmah. He soon finds himself caught in a host of sticky situations as he navigates towards finding steady employment. Gado Gado is one of the 91 sole-surviving Cathay-Keris Malay Classics film titles made during Singapore’s Golden Cinema era from the 1950s to early 1970s, and preserved by the Asian Film Archive. In 2014, the collection was inscribed onto the UNESCO Memory of The World Asia-Pacific Register, a list of endangered library and archive holdings. At 35 minutes long, the film is the only musical variety short from the Cathay-Keris catalogue.

Gado Gado

Jan 1961

Korban Kasih poster
Movie

Tengku Iskandar helps to run his father's business in Singapore and is known among his friends as Ariffin. He is a hardworking and passionate young man who helps his friends in distress. He is also on good terms with Marhani who works as a nurse in a hospital in Johor Bahru. When Ariffin is assigned by his father to travel to Jakarta to manage their business there, he takes the opportunity to confess his love towards Marhani and makes a vow to return to affirm their marriage. Unfortunately, the Jakarta-bound airplane Ariffin boards crashes. No survivors are reported. Marhaini is devastated by the news and decides to take a break from work at the hospital. Ariffin's father too falls ill after hearing the tragedy. Marhani's younger sister, who is also a nurse, is employed to take care of Ariffin (Tengku Iskandar)’s father and young siblings Tengku Shah and Tengku Ngah. But the junior tengku-tengku are too much to handle for Marhani’s sister.

Korban Kasih

Jan 1962

Rasa Sayang Eh poster
Movie

When the treasure map that became a bone of contention has fallen into the hands of a famous comedian, various funny action applies. Rasa Sayang Eh is a Malay film published in Malaysia in 1959. The film Rasa Sayang Eh published in the form of color film. Rasa Sayang Eh film first aired in 1959 in the cinema across the country. Displaying Wahid Satay, Dollah Sarawak, Kasma Booty, Salmah Ahmad, M. Amin, Yem and crowded again.

Rasa Sayang Eh

Jan 1959

The Oily Man Strikes Again poster
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The story of an oily man that escape from a prison with the help of his master. With the escape of that oily man, it make the people of the village afraid and feel unsecure

The Oily Man Strikes Again

Jan 1959

The Oily Man poster
Movie

A village comes alive with fear when a nefarious ‘oily man’ terrorises women in the dead of night. At their wits end, the local police enlist the help of talented police inspector Dasuki to trap and end the oily man’s mischief. Orang Minyak was digitally restored by the Asian Film Archive in 2018 using a 16mm black & white composite release print from its collection.

The Oily Man

Feb 1958

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