The Manchurian Candidate
- Released on
Thriller, Drama
•- Runtime
- 126 mins
(699 votes)
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.
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.
Cast
- 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
Director
- John Frankenheimer
Producers
- George Axelrod
- John Frankenheimer
Screenwriter
- George Axelrod
