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The Manchurian Candidate

PG-13
Movie
1962
2h 6m
English
Thriller, Drama
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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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
Leslie Parrish
Jocelyn Jordan
John McGiver
Sen. Thomas Jordan
Khigh Dhiegh
Dr. Yen Lo
James Edwards
Cpl. Allen Melvin
Barry Kelley
Secretary of Defense
Lloyd Corrigan
Holborn Gaines
Madame Spivy
Female Berezovo
Bess Flowers
Gomel's Lady Counterpart (uncredite...
Leoda Richards
Woman at Press Confrence (uncredite...
Reggie Nalder
Gomel (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Senator (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Second Reporter
Paul Frees
Narrator (voice)
Whit Bissell
Medical Officer
James Yagi
Chinese Officer (uncredited)
Tom Lowell
Pvt. Bobby Lembeck (uncredited)
Directed By: John Frankenheimer
Written By: George Axelrod (Screenplay), Richard Condon (Novel)

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jekyl6669 says...
7 years ago
A rather disturbing and effective political thriller. The way Lansbury so unapologetically takes advantage of her son is something to behold.
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Jay Shuai says...
2 years ago
The execution isn’t as good as the idea. It keeps u entertained but there’s nothing remarkable here. 5-6/10
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nmahoney416 says...
5 years ago
An interesting story but a little slow at times. The ending was good.
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moonkodi says...
7 years ago
Great idea but boring movie. It still has a message
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LNero
8/10  2 months ago
The editing is very 1950s in a bad way in a few places (disorienting cuts), but it's mainly just okay and a bit antiquated in that regard. I found that the drama lands, though, and they have two great leads in Sinatra and Laurence Harvey, the latter of whom possesses that extinct and uniquely urbane More
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