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The Manchurian Candidate ( 1962 )

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

★7.5 /10 _(734.0)

126 min ● Oct 24, 1962 ● English

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 Cast

Frank Sinatra

Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco

Laurence Harvey

Laurence Harvey

Raymond Shaw

Angela Lansbury

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

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

Herschel Graham

Delegate (uncredited)

Stuart Hall

Reporter (uncredited)