October 24, 1962
126 minutes
ThrillerDrama
The Manchurian Candidate
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))
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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