Frank Sinatra
Major Bennett Marco
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- Laurence HarveyRaymond Shaw
- Janet LeighEugenie Rose Chaney
- Angela LansburyMrs. Iselin
- Henry SilvaChunjin
- James GregorySenator John Yerkes Iselin
- Leslie ParrishJocelyn Jordan
- John McGiverSenator Thomas Jordan
Khigh DhieghDr. Yen Lo- James EdwardsCorporal Allen Melvin
Douglas HendersonColonel Milt- Albert PaulsenZilkov
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The film's leading actors are Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, and Angela Lansbury, with co-stars Janet Leigh, Henry Silva, and James Gregory. [5] The plot centers on Korean War veteran Raymond Shaw, part of a prominent political family.
The Manchurian Candidate: Directed by John Frankenheimer. With Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury. An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
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 ...
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) is considered a classic of the political thriller genre. [5] It was directed by John Frankenheimer and starred Laurence Harvey as Shaw, Frank Sinatra as Marco, and Angela Lansbury as Eleanor in an Academy Award -nominated performance.
The Manchurian candidate is John Iselin (James Gregory), a weak and buffoonish politician with a drink problem and a sinister, controlling wife (Angela Lansbury).
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- Mystery & Thriller, Drama
- PG-13
George Axelrod. Screenplay. 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.
