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The Manchurian Candidate

  • October 1962
  • 2hrs

    6mins

  • Thriller
  • Drama
  • Directed by

    Howard W. Koch,

    John Frankenheimer,

    Starring

    Frank Sinatra,

    Laurence Harvey,

    Angela Lansbury,

    Janet Leigh

    ...

    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.