The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate
Release: 1962-10-24
·Runtime: 126m
·★ 7.5
Thriller
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
MC Productions
United Artists
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Laurence Harvey
as Raymond Shaw
James Gregory
as Sen. John Yerkes Iselin
Khigh Dhiegh
as Dr. Yen Lo
Reggie Nalder
as Gomel (uncredited)
Whit Bissell
as Medical Officer
Angela Lansbury
as Mrs. Iselin
Colin Kenny
as Senator (uncredited)
Albert Paulsen
as Zilkov
Madame Spivy
as Female Berezovo
Bert Stevens
as Officer
Henry Silva
as Chunjin
Leslie Parrish
as Jocelyn Jordan
Frank Sinatra
as Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
Janet Leigh
as Eugenie Rose Chaney
Douglas Henderson
as Col. Milt
Leoda Richards
as Woman at Press Confrence (uncredited)
Joe Adams
as Psychiatrist
John McGiver
as Sen. Thomas Jordan
James Edwards
as Cpl. Allen Melvin
Barry Kelley
as Secretary of Defense
Lloyd Corrigan
as Holborn Gaines
Bess Flowers
as Gomel's Lady Counterpart (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
as Second Reporter
Paul Frees
as Narrator (voice)
James Yagi
as Chinese Officer (uncredited)
Tom Lowell
as Pvt. Bobby Lembeck (uncredited)
