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Release Date: 1962

Cast: Frank Sinatra, Khigh Dheigh, Laurence Harvey, Douglas Henderson, Albert Paulsen, John McGiver, Angela Lansbury, Janet Leigh, Henry Silva, Joe Adams, Lloyd Corrigan, James Gregory ...MORE

Cast: Frank Sinatra, Khigh Dheigh, Laurence Harvey, Douglas Henderson, Albert Paulsen, John McGiver, Angela Lansbury, Janet Leigh, Henry Silva, Joe Adams, Lloyd Corrigan, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish, James Edwards ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Thriller, Cold War, Film adaptation, Psychological thriller, Black-and-white, Mystery, War film, Political thriller, Political drama, Film noir, Spy

The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 American Cold War political thriller film starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh and Angela Lansbury, and featuring Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish and John McGiver. The picture was directed by John Frankenheimer from an adaptation by George Axelrod of Richard Condon's 1959 novel. The central concept of the film is that the son of a prominent, right-wing political family has been brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy. The Manchurian Candidate was nationally released on Wednesday, October... MORE

The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 American Cold War political thriller film starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh and Angela Lansbury, and featuring Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish and John McGiver. The picture was directed by John Frankenheimer from an adaptation by George Axelrod of Richard Condon's 1959 novel. The central concept of the film is that the son of a prominent, right-wing political family has been brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy. The Manchurian Candidate was nationally released on Wednesday, October 24, 1962, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. During the Korean War, the Soviets capture an American platoon and take them to Manchuria in Communist China. After the war, the soldiers return to the United States, and Staff Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) is credited with saving their lives in combat. Upon the recommendation of the platoon's commander, Captain Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra), Shaw is awarded the Medal of Honor for his supposed actions. In addition, when asked to describe him, Marco and the other soldiers automatically respond, "Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, LESS