

The Manchurian Candidate
1962 Directed by John FrankenheimerNear 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

Henry Silva
....................................................Chunjin

Leslie Parrish
....................................................Jocelyn Jordan
Director
...........................................................John Frankenheimer
Executive Producer
...........................................................Howard W. Koch
Producer
...........................................................George Axelrod
John Frankenheimer
Assistant Director
...........................................................Joseph C. Behm
Read Killgore
David Salven
Production Companies
...................................................MC Productions
United Artists
Production Countries
........................................................United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Genres
....................................................Thriller
Drama
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