The Manchurian Candidate

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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Timing: 2:6 (126 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1962-10-24

Country

United States

Production

United Artists, MC Productions

Genre

Thriller, Drama

Budget

$2 200 000

Revenue

$7 700 000

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Director

John Frankenheimer

Actors

Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury, Janet Leigh, James Gregory, Henry Silva, Leslie Parrish, John McGiver, Khigh Dhiegh, James Edwards
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Scenario

Producer

George Axelrod, John Frankenheimer, Howard W. Koch

Operator

Lionel Lindon

Composer

David Amram

Artist

Philip M. Jefferies

Audition

Editing

Ferris Webster
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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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