🎬 Thriller, Drama

The Manchurian Candidate

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

⭐ 7.5/10 1962 2h 6m Dir. John Frankenheimer

About this movie

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.

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7.5/10 808 votes

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Year
1962
Runtime
2h 6m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.5/10
Votes
808
Genre
Thriller, Drama
Language
EN
Budget
$2.2M

Cast

🎭 Thriller 🎭 Drama 🎬 John Frankenheimer 👤 Frank Sinatra 👤 Laurence Harvey 👤 Angela Lansbury
cold war korean war (1950-53) stepparents conspiracy brainwashed assassin brainwashing black and white election presidential candidate sleeper agent queen of diamonds korea

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The Manchurian Candidate has a runtime of 2h 6m (2 hours and 6 minutes).
The Manchurian Candidate was directed by John Frankenheimer and released in 1962.
The Manchurian Candidate is a Thriller, Drama film (1962).
The cast of The Manchurian Candidate includes Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury, Janet Leigh, James Gregory.
The Manchurian Candidate has a TMDB rating of 7.5/10 based on 808 votes.

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