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The Manchurian Candidate

When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it!

1962 2h 6m ★ 7.5 (842 votes) Released

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.

Crew: George Axelrod (Screenplay) · John Frankenheimer (Director)

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

Keywords

cold warkorean war (1950-53)stepparentsconspiracybrainwashed assassinbrainwashingblack and whiteelectionpresidential candidatesleeper agent

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