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The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 American neo-noir psychological political thriller film directed and produced by John Frankenheimer. The screenplay is by George Axelrod, based on the 1959 Richard Condon novel The Manchurian Candidate.
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.
Apr 17, 2021 · The rare film that takes aim at the frenzy of the McCarthy era while also being suffused with its Cold War paranoia, The Manchurian Candidate remains potent, shocking American moviemaking.
Dec 7, 2003 · In the movie, an American patrol is captured by Chinese communists during the Korean War, and one soldier is programmed to become an assassin; two years later, he’s ordered to kill a presidential candidate.
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
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When a platoon of U.S. soldiers are captured during the Korean War, Major Bennett Marco discovers a diabolical plot involving enemy leaders. Subtitles: English. Starring: Frank Sinatra Laurence Harvey Janet Leigh Angela Lansbury Henry Silva. Directed by: John Frankenheimer.
An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy. Major Bennett Marco ( Frank Sinatra) is an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army. He served valiantly as a Captain in the Korean war and his Sergeant, Raymond Shaw ( Laurence Harvey ), even received the Medal of Honor.
The Manchurian Candidate is a novel by Richard Condon, first published in 1959. It is a political thriller about the son of a prominent U.S. political family who is brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for a Communist conspiracy.
The Manchurian Candidate. The name John Frankenheimer became forever synonymous with heart-in-the-throat filmmaking when this quintessential sixties political thriller was released. Set in the early fifties, this razor-sharp adaptation of the novel by Richard Condon concerns the decorated U.S. Army sergeant Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), who ...
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.