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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

PG-1310/24/1962Thriller, Drama2h 6m
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When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Frank Sinatra

    Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco

  2. Cast 1

    Laurence Harvey

    Raymond Shaw

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    Angela Lansbury

    Mrs. Iselin

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    Janet Leigh

    Eugenie Rose Chaney

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    James Gregory

    Sen. John Yerkes Iselin

  6. Cast 1

    Henry Silva

    Chunjin

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    Leslie Parrish

    Jocelyn Jordan

  8. Cast 1

    John McGiver

    Sen. Thomas Jordan

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    Khigh Dhiegh

    Dr. Yen Lo

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...