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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

126 mins

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DRAMA

SUSPENSE

THRILLER

A former Korean War POW is brainwashed by the Communist Russians into becoming a political assassin. But another former prisoner may know how to save him.

name	character
Lloyd Corrigan	Holborn Gaines
Khigh Dhiegh	Dr. Yen Lo
James Edwards	Cpl. Allen Melvin
James Gregory	Sen. John Yerkes Iselin
Laurence Harvey	Raymond Shaw
Douglas Henderson	Col. Milt
Barry Kelley	Secretary of Defense
Angela Lansbury	Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin
Janet Leigh	Eugenie Rose Chaney
John McGiver	Sen. Thomas Jordan
Leslie Parrish	Jocelyn Jordan
Albert Paulsen	Zilkov
Henry Silva	Chunjin
Frank Sinatra	Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
Madame Spivy	Female Berezovo

name
David Amram	composer
George Axelrod	screenplay, producer
Richard Condon	writer (original)
John Frankenheimer	director, producer

award	category	name	year
Golden Globe Award	Best Supporting Actress	Angela Lansbury	1962

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