The Manchurian Candidate
1962, Film, 126 min, Drama, Thriller, English, United States, MoviePedia score 83
When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it!
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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Directed by John Frankenheimer
Cast
- Frank Sinatra as Major Bennett Marco
- Laurence Harvey as Raymond Shaw
- Janet Leigh as Eugenie Rose Chaney
- Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin
- Henry Silva as Chunjin
- James Gregory as Senator John Yerkes Iselin
- Leslie Parrish as Jocelyn Jordan
- John McGiver as Senator Thomas Jordan
- Khigh Dhiegh as Dr. Yen Lo
- James Edwards as Corporal Allen Melvin
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