The Manchurian Candidate
When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it!
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Release Date
10/24/1962Runtime
126 minsOverview
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.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$2,200,000Revenue
$7,700,000Homepage
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A meticulously constructed Cold War nightmare where paranoia feels fully justified, a conspiracy thriller that trusts you to piece together its terrifying logic while never quite letting you breathe.
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Frank Sinatra
Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
Laurence Harvey
Raymond Shaw
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
Col. Milt
Albert Paulsen
Zilkov
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