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8.4
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1963
“When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it!”
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
October 24, 19622h 6mEN
7.5
800 votes
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.
Director
John FrankenheimerWriters
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
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Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$2.2M
Revenue
$7.7M
Production Companies
MC ProductionsUnited Artists
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8.0An outstandingly (and Golden Globe winning) vile performance from Angela Lansbury - well and truly putting her silly old maid roles to one side, makes a magnificent contribution to one of the most thought-provoking thrillers ever to come out of 1960s Hollywood. Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey return from the Korean War - the latter to great acclaim, winning the Medal of Honour. Both suffer from terrible nightmares and when Sinatra discovers that other survivors from their unit are also suffering; and that somehow Harvey is the fulcrum of it all we descend into an abyss of manipulation, brain…
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