The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

ALL 10/24/1962 (en) Thriller, Drama 126 Min
  • Release
    10/24/1962
  • Production
    MC Productions, United Artists
  • Rotten tomato
    75%
  • Original title
    The Manchurian Candidate
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 7,700,000.00
    -

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

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.

  1. Story



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  1. Frank Sinatra

    Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco

  2. Laurence Harvey

    Raymond Shaw

  3. Angela Lansbury

    Mrs. Iselin

  4. Janet Leigh

    Eugenie Rose Chaney

  5. James Gregory

    Sen. John Yerkes Iselin

  6. Henry Silva

    Chunjin

  7. Leslie Parrish

    Jocelyn Jordan

  8. John McGiver

    Sen. Thomas Jordan

  9. Khigh Dhiegh

    Dr. Yen Lo

  10. James Edwards

    Cpl. Allen Melvin

  11. Douglas Henderson

    Col. Milt

  12. Albert Paulsen

    Zilkov

  13. Barry Kelley

    Secretary of Defense

  14. Lloyd Corrigan

    Holborn Gaines

  15. Madame Spivy

    Female Berezovo

  16. Bess Flowers

    Gomel's Lady Counterpart (uncredited)

  17. Leoda Richards

    Woman at Press Confrence (uncredited)

  18. Reggie Nalder

    Gomel (uncredited)

  19. Colin Kenny

    Senator (uncredited)

  20. Bert Stevens

    Officer

  21. Arthur Tovey

    Second Reporter

  22. Paul Frees

    Narrator (voice)

  23. Whit Bissell

    Medical Officer

  24. James Yagi

    Chinese Officer (uncredited)

  25. Tom Lowell

    Pvt. Bobby Lembeck (uncredited)

  26. Joe Adams

    Psychiatrist

  27. Merritt Bohn

    Jilly

  28. Robert Riordan

    Benjamin K. Arthur

  29. Raoul Freeman

    Reporter (uncredited)

  30. Rudy Germane

    Delegate (uncredited)

  31. Herschel Graham

    Delegate (uncredited)

  32. Stuart Hall

    Reporter (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 32 , Crews : 59

Keyword

The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 126 Min

ALL 10/24/1962 (en)
Thriller, Drama
  • Release 10/24/1962
  • Production
    MC Productions, United Artists
  • Original title The Manchurian Candidate
  • en
  • Revenue7,700,000.00

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

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.

  1. John Frankenheimer

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Ferris Webster

    Editor

  4. George Axelrod, John Frankenheimer

    Producer