''Calvento Files'' is a Philippine crime and investigative documentary drama series which aired on

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from December 1, 1995, to October 2, 1998. It was hosted by broadcast journalist

Tony Calvento Antonio Alberto Calvento (February 1, 1954 – October 9, 2017) was a prominent Filipino Broadcast journalism, broadcast journalist and columnist. He was the host of ''Calvento Files'', a crime and investigative documentary show which aired on A ...

and was replaced by ''Katapat: Mayor Fred Lim''. This series is currently streaming on

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every 2nd quarter of the month, 5:00 pm together with '' Kapag May Katwiran... Ipaglaban Mo'' and '' Star Drama Theater Presents''.

Movie version

In 1997,

Star Cinema ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc. (doing business as Star Cinema or ABS-CBN Films) is a Philippines, Filipino film studio and film and television production company and film distributor headquartered in Quezon City. It is one of the major film ...

released a movie version of the show. It starred

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and

Claudine Barretto Claudine Margaret Castelo Barretto (; born July 20, 1979) is a Filipino actress, singer, and entrepreneur. Popularly dubbed as “''The'' ''Optimum Star''” by various media outlets, Barretto has won 3 FAMAS Award including 2 Best Actress w ...

in the ''"Balintuwad"'' (Upside Down) episode directed by Laurenti Dyogi, while

John Estrada John Anthony Siason Estrada (born June 13, 1973) is a Filipino film and TV actor who has starred in a number of roles as a leading man, comedian and villain. He is a contract actor of ABS-CBN, where he remained there from 1990 to 2018 and re ...

Sharmaine Arnaiz Sharmaine Arnaiz (born Sharmila Velasco Pribhdas Shahani; November 1, 1974 in Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines) is a Filipino actress. Biography She was born Sharmila Velasco Pribhdas-Shahani to an Indian father and a mother of Hiligay ...

and

Cris Villanueva Krishnamurti Villanueva (born May 23, 1971) is a Filipino actor in movies and television. He was a former matinee idol in the late 1980s. He was a cast member of '' That's Entertainment'', a youth-oriented talent and variety show now defunct in t ...

starred in ''"Inay, May Momo"'' (Mother, There's a Ghost) episode directed by

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Weekly series of ''Calvento Files''

Awards

References

External links

* ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs shows ABS-CBN drama series Philippine crime television series Philippine documentary television series 1995 Philippine television series debuts 1999 Philippine television series endings 1997 films Philippine crime drama films Filipino-language television shows {{Philippines-tv-prog-stub