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The Manchurian Candidate

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

1962 · PG-13 · 2h 6m

Directed by John Frankenheimer

7.5

TMDB audience score
860 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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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

  • Barry Kelley
    Secretary of Defense

  • Lloyd Corrigan
    Holborn Gaines

  • Madame Spivy
    Female Berezovo

  • Bess Flowers
    Gomel's Lady Counterpart (uncredited)

  • Leoda Richards
    Woman at Press Confrence (uncredited)

  • Reggie Nalder
    Gomel (uncredited)