The Manchurian Candidate
Near the end of the Korean War, a U.S. platoon is captured by communist forces and brainwashed. After the fighting ends, the unit is repatriated, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is celebrated as a hero by his comrades. Yet the platoon's commander, Captain Bennett Marco, is haunted by disturbing nightmares and races to uncover a chilling plot at the heart of Shaw’s acclaimed heroism.
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John Frankenheimer
Joseph C. Behm
David Salven
Read Killgore
Amalia Wade
Grace Dubray
Mollie Kent
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An outstandingly (and Golden Globe winning) vile performance from Angela Lansbury - well and truly putting her silly old maid roles to one side, makes a magnificent contribution to one of the most thought-provoking thrillers ever to come out of 1960s Hollywood. Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey return from the Korean War - the latter to great acclaim, winning the Medal of Honour. Both suffer from terrible nightmares and when Sinatra discovers that other survivors from their unit are also suffering; and that somehow Harvey is the fulcrum of it all we descend into an abyss of manipulation, brain "dry-cleaning", mind-control and red-bashing that is really quite unsettling - and entirely plausible. Janet Leigh, James Gregory and a truly malevolent Khigh Dhiegh as "Dr. Yen Lo" all gel well to create a masterpiece of tension and threat with the tightly shot direction; subtle use of light and music and a truly gripping dialogue contributing to a truly menacing adaptation of Richard Condon's visionary novel. A must see...
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The directors of The Manchurian Candidate are John Frankenheimer, Joseph C. Behm, David Salven, Read Killgore, Amalia Wade, Grace Dubray, and Mollie Kent.
The cast of The Manchurian Candidate includes Frank Sinatra as Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco, Rudy Germane as Delegate (uncredited), Bert Stevens as Officer, Bess Flowers as Gomel's Lady Counterpart (uncredited), Raoul Freeman as Reporter (uncredited), Herschel Graham as Delegate (uncredited), Leoda Richards as Woman at Press Confrence (uncredited), Laurence Harvey as Raymond Shaw, Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Iselin, Paul Frees as Narrator (voice), Douglas Henderson as Col. Milt, Arthur Tovey as Second Reporter, and more.
The duration of The Manchurian Candidate is 2h 6 mins.
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The Manchurian Candidate was released on 24 Oct 1962.
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The Manchurian Candidate has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 8.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "An outstandingly (and Golden Globe winning) vile performance from Angela Lansbury - well and truly putting her silly old maid roles to one side, makes a magnificent contribution..."
