The Manchurian Candidate
1962
When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it!
Directed by John Frankenheimer
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Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.
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- Director
- John Frankenheimer
- Written by
- Richard Condon, George Axelrod
- Produced by
- George Axelrod, John Frankenheimer
- Composer
- David Amram
- Cinematographer
- Lionel Lindon
- Editor
- Ferris Webster
- Studios
- United Artists, MC Productions
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- PG-13
- TMDB
- 7.5/10 (800 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 96% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 94/100
- IMDb
- 7.9/10 (83,273 votes)
Cast
Frank Sinatra
Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
Laurence Harvey
Raymond Shaw
Angela Lansbury
Mrs. Iselin
Janet Leigh
Eugenie Rose Chaney
James Gregory
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin
Henry Silva
Chunjin
Leslie Parrish
Jocelyn Jordan
John McGiver
Sen. Thomas Jordan
Khigh Dhiegh
Dr. Yen Lo
James Edwards
Cpl. Allen Melvin
Douglas Henderson
Col. Milt
Albert Paulsen
Zilkov
Barry Kelley
Secretary of Defense
Lloyd Corrigan
Holborn Gaines
Madame Spivy
Female Berezovo
Bess Flowers
Gomel's Lady Counterpart (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Woman at Press Confrence (uncredited)
Reggie Nalder
Gomel (uncredited)
