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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.

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namecharacter
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
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David Amram composer
George Axelrod screenplay, producer
Richard Condon writer (original)
John Frankenheimer director, producer
yearawardcategoryname
1962 Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress Angela Lansbury