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    The Manchurian Candidate

    PG-131962 · Drama · 2h 6m

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  1. The film's trailer. 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.

    • October 24, 1962
  2. 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
  3. 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. Addeddate 2021-04-17 04:31:41

    • Apr 17, 2021
    • 17.9K
    • Shadows of the Dark
  4. Rated: 4/4 • Feb 6, 2023. 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 ...

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    • John Frankenheimer
    • PG-13
    • Frank Sinatra
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  5. 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 (2004) was directed by Jonathan Demme, and starred ...

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  7. 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.

  8. Dec 7, 2003 · Sinatra says it was the high point of his acting career; nobody mentions why it was unseen for 24 years. Seen today, "The Manchurian Candidate" feels astonishingly contemporary; its astringent political satire still bites, and its story has uncanny contemporary echoes. The villains plan to exploit a terrorist act, "rallying a nation of viewers ...

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