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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.
- 311
- Richard Condon
- April 27, 1959
- McGraw-Hill
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.
- (78K)
- Drama, Thriller
- John Frankenheimer
- 1962-10-24
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.
- $2.2 million
- David Amram
- October 24, 1962
Jul 30, 2004 · The Manchurian Candidate: Directed by Jonathan Demme. With Jeffrey Wright, Pablo Schreiber, Anthony Mackie, Dorian Missick. In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.
- (115K)
- Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Jonathan Demme
- 2004-07-30
The Manchurian Candidate was released July 30, 2004, alongside Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Thunderbirds, & The Village. The film grossed $65,955,630 in North America and $30,150,334 in other territories, totaling $96,105,964 worldwide.
- $80 million
- Rachel Portman
- July 30, 2004
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco (Denzel Washington) finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond...
- (210)
- Mystery & Thriller, Drama
- R
The Manchurian candidate is John Iselin (James Gregory), a weak and buffoonish politician with a drink problem and a sinister, controlling wife (Angela Lansbury).
- (64)
- Mystery & Thriller, Drama
- PG-13
