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The Manchurian Candidate(Movie, 1962)

PG-13
| 2h 6min | Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
The Manchurian CandidateRating: 3.8/5 (with 291291 votes)
The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 American neo-noir psychological political 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. 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 representati... ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Manchurian Candidate

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Film Editing

About The Manchurian Candidate

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on the work of: Richard Condon ("The Manchurian Candidate")
Derivative works/Adaptions: "The Manchurian Candidate" (movie, 2004)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 26 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 10/24/1962 (World premiere: 10/01/1962)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Sob o Domínio do Mal"
"恐怖分子"
"谍影迷魂"
"谍网迷魂"
"Botschafter der Angst"
"El Mensajero del miedo"
"Κάτω από εναν Αλλον Ηλιο"
"맨츄리안 켄디데이트"
Budget: 2,200,000 USD
Revenue: 7,700,000 USD (= 350%)
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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