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Release Date:
24 October 1962 (USA)
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Tagline:
When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it! more
Plot:
A former Korean War POW is brainwashed by Communists into becoming a political assassin. But another former prisoner may know how to save him. full summary | add synopsis
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Korean War
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Nightmare
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Army
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Korea
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Medal Of Honor
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 6 wins
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4 nominations
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Belongs in Top 50 Dramas
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Frank Sinatra | ... | Maj. Bennett Marco |
 | Laurence Harvey | ... | Raymond Shaw |
 | Janet Leigh | ... | Eugenie Rose Chaney |
 | Angela Lansbury | ... | Mrs. Iselin |
 | Henry Silva | ... | Chunjin |
| James Gregory | ... | Sen. John Yerkes Iselin |
| 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 |
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126 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Finland:(Banned) (1964) (uncut) |
Finland:(Banned) (1964) (cut) |
Finland:K-16 (1989) (uncut) |
UK:A (1962) (cut) |
West Germany:16 (f) |
South Korea:15 |
Australia:M |
Norway:15 (re-rating) |
Norway:16 (original rating) |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:Approved (original rating) |
USA:PG-13
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Senator Iselin's plane in real life was owned by Frank Sinatra.
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Raymond is about to shoot Senator Jordan, the senator asks if thats a silencer on his pistol. Raymond replies yes, but when he shoots the gun, it still makes a cheap, crappy bang sound.
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Quotes:
Raymond Shaw:
Senator Iselen is not my father. Repeat: he is not my father. If you learn nothing else on your visit to this country, memorize that fact.
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Featured in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) (TV)
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The Washington Post
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Manchurian Candidate is, quite simply, the best political thriller of all time. I can't think of another that keeps me on the edge of my seat, even on the tenth viewing. The incredible script, Angela Lansbury's Dearest Mommy, the effective use of black & white film for a movie about issues that were anything but black & white--I could go on and on.
I know that most people rave about Ms. Lansbury above all the other cast members, but--for me--Frank Sinatra wins the prize hands down. His disbelief, and then his disillusionment, and then his despair are perfectly portrayed. There were really two Sinatras, the singer AND the great actor.
In watching The Manchurian Candidate again and again, I never cease to be amazed at its prescient theme, the danger of the combination of fanaticism and patriotic fervor. Goldwater's famous quote comes to mind, "Extremism in the defense of virtue is no vice". In my opinion, this film just gets better with age.