The Manchurian Candidate
Thriller | Drama
Release Date
October 24, 1962
Duration
126 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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.
Casts
Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
Frank Sinatra
Raymond Shaw
Laurence Harvey
Mrs. Iselin
Angela Lansbury
Eugenie Rose Chaney
Janet Leigh
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin
James Gregory
Chunjin
Henry Silva
Jocelyn Jordan
Leslie Parrish
Sen. Thomas Jordan
John McGiver
Dr. Yen Lo
Khigh Dhiegh
Cpl. Allen Melvin
James Edwards
Col. Milt
Douglas Henderson
Zilkov
Albert Paulsen
Secretary of Defense
Barry Kelley
Holborn Gaines
Lloyd Corrigan
Female Berezovo
Madame Spivy
Gomel's Lady Counterpart (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Woman at Press Confrence (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Gomel (uncredited)
Reggie Nalder
Senator (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Officer
Bert Stevens
Second Reporter
Arthur Tovey
Narrator (voice)
Paul Frees
Medical Officer
Whit Bissell
Chinese Officer (uncredited)
James Yagi
Pvt. Bobby Lembeck (uncredited)
Tom Lowell
Psychiatrist
Joe Adams
Jilly
Merritt Bohn
Benjamin K. Arthur
Robert Riordan
Reporter (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Delegate (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Delegate (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Reporter (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
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