The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate
1962ThrillerDrama126 mins

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 o... read more

  • John Frankenheimer

    Director

  • George Axelrod

    Screenplay

  • Richard Condon

    Novel

  • Lionel Lindon

    Director of Photography

  • Ferris Webster

    Editor

  • Frank Sinatra

    Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco

  • Laurence Harvey

    Raymond Shaw

  • Angela Lansbury

    Mrs. Iselin

  • Janet Leigh

    Eugenie Rose Chaney

  • James Gregory

    Sen. John Yerkes Iselin

  • Henry Silva

    Chunjin

  • Leslie Parrish

    Jocelyn Jordan

  • John McGiver

    Sen. Thomas Jordan

  • Khigh Dhiegh

    Dr. Yen Lo

  • James Edwards

    Cpl. Allen Melvin

  • Douglas Henderson

    Col. Milt

  • Albert Paulsen

    Zilkov

  • Barry Kelley

    Secretary of Defense

  • Lloyd Corrigan

    Holborn Gaines

  • Madame Spivy

    Female Berezovo

  • Bess Flowers

    Gomel's Lady Counterpart (uncredited)

  • Leoda Richards

    Woman at Press Confrence (uncredited)

  • Reggie Nalder

    Gomel (uncredited)

  • Colin Kenny

    Senator (uncredited)

  • Bert Stevens

    Officer

  • Arthur Tovey

    Second Reporter

  • Paul Frees

    Narrator (voice)

  • Whit Bissell

    Medical Officer

  • James Yagi

    Chinese Officer (uncredited)

  • Tom Lowell

    Pvt. Bobby Lembeck (uncredited)

  • Joe Adams

    Psychiatrist

  • Merritt Bohn

    Jilly

  • Robert Riordan

    Benjamin K. Arthur

  • Runtime

    126 minutes

    Released

    1962-10-24

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    MC Productions

    United Artists

    Sound

  • David Amram

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    323 days ago

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