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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
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Ratings: 8.1/10 from 47,534 users
Metascore:
94/100
Reviews: 272 user | 110 critic | 14 from Metacritic.com A former Korean War POW is brainwashed by Communists into becoming a political assassin. But another former prisoner may know how to save him. Director:John Frankenheimer |
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Title: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
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Major Ben Marco is an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army. He served valiantly as a captain in the Korean war and his Sergeant, Raymond Shaw, even won the Medal of Honor. Marco has a major problem however: he has a recurring nightmare, one where two members of his squad are killed by Shaw. He's put on indefinite sick leave and visits Shaw in New York. Shaw for his part has established himself well, despite the misgivings of his domineering mother, Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin. She is a red-baiter, accusing anyone who disagrees with her right-wing reactionary views of being a Communist. Raymond hates her, not only for how she's treated him but equally because of his step-father, the ineffectual U.S. Senator John Iselin, who is intent on seeking higher office. When Marco learns that others in his Korean War unit have nightmares similar to his own, he realizes that something happened to all of them in Korea and that Raymond Shaw is the focal point. Written by garykmcd
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Botschafter der Angst See more »Box Office
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Bennett Marco: No.
Eugenie Rose Chaney: Let me put it another way: are you married?
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John Frankenheimer opted to direct this movie after plans to film author Richard Yates's 1961 novel "Revolutionary Road" failed to materialize. The latter would not be filmed until Revolutionary Road. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: Marco's dress uniform coat has two discrepancies: he wears no ribbon for the National Defense Service Medal, to which every Korean War veteran was entitled; and even though he has been assigned to Washington, D.C., for some time, he continues to wear his previous 24th Infantry Division patch on his left shoulder instead of the Military District of Washington patch. See more »Quotes
Eugenie Rose Chaney: Are you arabic?Bennett Marco: No.
Eugenie Rose Chaney: Let me put it another way: are you married?
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