The Manchurian Candidate
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2hrs
6mins
Directed by
Howard W. Koch,
John Frankenheimer,
Starring
Frank Sinatra,
Laurence Harvey,
Angela Lansbury,
Janet Leigh
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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.