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Rating: 7.5/10 by 712 users

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

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.

Directing:
  • John Frankenheimer
  • Joseph C. Behm
  • David Salven
  • Read Killgore
  • Mollie Kent
  • Amalia Wade
  • Grace Dubray
Writing:
  • George Axelrod
  • Richard Condon
Stars:
Release Date: Wed, Oct 24, 1962

Rating: 7.5/10 by 712 users

Alternative Title:
The Manchurian Candidate - US
Sob o Domínio do Mal - BR
El Mensajero del miedo - ES
谍影迷魂 - CN
恐怖分子 - CN
Κάτω από εναν Αλλον Ηλιο - GR
谍网迷魂 - CN
맨츄리안 켄디데이트 - KR
Botschafter der Angst - DE
맨츄리안 캔디데이트 - KR
Ruterdame dreper - NO

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 02 hour 06 minutes
Budget: $2,200,000
Revenue: $7,700,000

Plot Keyword: communist, cold war, korean war (1950-53), stepparents, conspiracy, brainwashed assassin, brainwashing, black and white, election, presidential candidate, sleeper agent, queen of diamonds, korea

Frank Sinatra
Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
Laurence Harvey
Raymond Shaw
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 (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Woman at Press Confrence (uncredited)
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)
Joe Adams
Psychiatrist
Robert Riordan
Benjamin K. Arthur
Raoul Freeman
Reporter (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Delegate (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Delegate (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Reporter (uncredited)

CinemaSerf

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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