Overview - The Manchurian Candidate

Date of release

Genres

  • Thriller
  • Drama

Runtime: 126 minutes

Homepage: The Manchurian Candidate

Budget

$2,200,000.00

Revenue

$7,700,000.00

Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: MC Productions

    Production country

  • Name: United Artists

    Production country United States of America

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.

Cast

  • Name: Frank Sinatra

    Character: Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco

    Popularity: 10.678

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  • Name: Laurence Harvey

    Character: Raymond Shaw

    Popularity: 3.489

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  • Name: Angela Lansbury

    Character: Mrs. Iselin

    Popularity: 14.524

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  • Name: Janet Leigh

    Character: Eugenie Rose Chaney

    Popularity: 20.038

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  • Name: James Gregory

    Character: Sen. John Yerkes Iselin

    Popularity: 6.913

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  • Name: Henry Silva

    Character: Chunjin

    Popularity: 8.735

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  • Name: Leslie Parrish

    Character: Jocelyn Jordan

    Popularity: 6.999

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  • Name: John McGiver

    Character: Sen. Thomas Jordan

    Popularity: 4.204

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