The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

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

Thriller Drama

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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  • Release Date: 1962-10-24
  • Runtime: 2h 6min
  • Director: John Frankenheimer

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    • Trailer

    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)

    • Colin Kenny

      Senator (uncredited)

    • Bert Stevens

      Officer

    • 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

    • Merritt Bohn

      Jilly

    • Robert Riordan

      Benjamin K. Arthur

    • Raoul Freeman

      Reporter (uncredited)

    • Rudy Germane

      Delegate (uncredited)

    • Herschel Graham

      Delegate (uncredited)

    • Stuart Hall

      Reporter (uncredited)

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