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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Average Score: 7.522 (rated by 767 viewers)

Overview

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.

Genres

Thriller, Drama

Additional info

CastReview
  • 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)