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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Directed by John Frankenheimer

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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. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.

Rated PG-13 | Length 126 minutes

Actors

Frank Sinatra | Laurence Harvey | Angela Lansbury | Janet Leigh | James Gregory | Henry Silva | Leslie Parrish | John McGiver | Khigh Dhiegh | James Edwards | Douglas Henderson | Albert Paulsen | Barry Kelley | Lloyd Corrigan | Madame Spivy | Bess Flowers | Leoda Richards | Reggie Nalder | Colin Kenny | Bert Stevens | Arthur Tovey | Paul Frees | Whit Bissell | James Yagi | Tom Lowell | Joe Adams | Merritt Bohn | Robert Riordan | Raoul Freeman | Rudy Germane | Herschel Graham | Stuart Hall