The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
7.5|24 Oct, 1962|126 min
When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it!
7.5|24 Oct, 1962|126 min
Released
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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.
Language
Budget$2,200,000
Revenue $7,700,000
English
Budget$2,200,000
Revenue $7,700,000
Keywords
cold war
korean war (1950-53)
stepparents
conspiracy
brainwashed assassin
brainwashing
black and white
election
presidential candidate
sleeper agent
queen of diamonds
korea
Casts
Frank Sinatra
Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
Laurence Harvey
Raymond Shaw
Angela Lansbury
Mrs. Iselin
Janet Leigh
Eugenie Rose Chaney
James Gregory
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin
Henry Silva
Chunjin
Leslie Parrish
Jocelyn Jordan
John McGiver
Sen. Thomas Jordan
Khigh Dhiegh
Dr. Yen Lo
James Edwards
Cpl. Allen Melvin
Douglas Henderson
Col. Milt
Albert Paulsen
Zilkov
Barry Kelley
Secretary of Defense
Lloyd Corrigan
Holborn Gaines
Madame Spivy
Female Berezovo
Bess Flowers
Gomel's Lady Counterpart (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Woman at Press Confrence (uncredited)
Reggie Nalder
Gomel (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Senator (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Officer
Arthur Tovey
Second Reporter
Paul Frees
Narrator (voice)
Whit Bissell
Medical Officer
James Yagi
Chinese Officer (uncredited)
Tom Lowell
Pvt. Bobby Lembeck (uncredited)
Joe Adams
Psychiatrist
Merritt Bohn
Jilly
Robert Riordan
Benjamin K. Arthur
Raoul Freeman
Reporter (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Delegate (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Delegate (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Reporter (uncredited)
Crews
Lionel Lindon
Director of Photography
Philip M. Jefferies
Art Direction
George Axelrod
Producer
Moss Mabry
Costume Design
Howard W. Koch
Executive Producer
Richard Sylbert
Production Design
A. Paul Pollard
Special Effects
John Frankenheimer
Director
George Axelrod
Screenplay
George R. Nelson
Set Decoration
John Frankenheimer
Producer
Ferris Webster
Editor
Richard Condon
Novel
David Amram
Original Music Composer
Richard Carruth
Music Editor
John Mehl
Camera Operator
Carl Mahakian
Assistant Editor
Ron Berkeley
Makeup Artist
Mary Westmoreland
Hairstylist
Bernard Ponedel
Makeup Artist
Thom Conroy
Dialect Coach
Joseph C. Behm
Assistant Director
Arden Cripe
Property Master
Jack Freeman
Makeup Artist
Del Harris
Sound Effects Editor
Joe Edmondson
Sound Mixer
Gene Shacove
Hairstylist
Richard Borland
Props
Philip M. Jefferies
Assistant Art Director
John M. Elliot
Set Dresser
Gaylin P. Schultz
Props
John Indrisano
Stunt Coordinator
David Salven
Assistant Director
Seymour Klate
Set Dresser
Bill Flannery
Boom Operator
Al Wyatt Sr.
Stunt Double
Richard M. Rubin
Props
Beau Vanden Ecker
Stunt Coordinator
Read Killgore
Assistant Director
Joseph S. Toldy
Set Dresser
Lucius O. Croxton
Set Dresser
Gordon Doversola
Stunt Coordinator
Morris Brown
Wardrobe Master
Felix Barlow
Assistant Camera
Ron Talsky
Wardrobe Master
Robert Campbell
Gaffer
Eugene Levitt
Assistant Camera
William Read Woodfield
Still Photographer
Wesley Jeffries
Costumer
Gene Martell
Production Assistant
Bill Craemer
Still Photographer
Rose Viebeck
Wardrobe Master
Mollie Kent
Script Supervisor
Joe Gray
Stunts
Robert "Buzz" Henry
Stunt Double
Amalia Wade
Script Supervisor
Grace Dubray
Script Supervisor
Angela Alexander
Wardrobe Specialized Technician
Dorothy Parkinson
Makeup Artist
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