The Manchurian Candidate poster
Director John Frankenheimer
Screenplay George Axelrod

The Manchurian Candidate

Tagline: When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it!

Release Date: 1962-10-24

Duration: 126 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Angela Lansbury
    Mrs. Iselin
  • Janet Leigh
    Eugenie Rose Chaney
  • Frank Sinatra
    Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
  • James Gregory
    Sen. John Yerkes Iselin
  • Reggie Nalder
    Gomel (uncredited)
  • Arthur Tovey
    Second Reporter
  • Henry Silva
    Chunjin
  • John McGiver
    Sen. Thomas Jordan
  • Leslie Parrish
    Jocelyn Jordan
  • Laurence Harvey
    Raymond Shaw