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The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)
1962 American psychological political thriller film
This article is about the original 1962 film.
The manchurian candidate angela lansbury biography
For the 2004 remake, see The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film).
The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 American neo-noirpsychologicalpolitical thriller film directed and produced by John Frankenheimer.
The screenplay is by George Axelrod, based on the 1959 Richard Condon novel The Manchurian Candidate. The film's leading actors are Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, and Angela Lansbury, with co-stars Janet Leigh, Henry Silva, and James Gregory.[5]
The plot centers on Korean War veteran Raymond Shaw, part of a prominent political family.
Shaw is brainwashed by communists after his Army platoon is captured. He returns to civilian life in the United States, where he becomes an unwitting assassin in an international communist conspiracy. The group, which includes representatives of the People’s Republic of China and the Soviet Union, pl