
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
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.
Production Companies

Additional Info
Budget | $2,200,000.00 |
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Revenue | $7,700,000.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 3.2813 |
Directed By
John Frankenheimer
Crew
Richard Condon
Richard Sylbert
A. Paul Pollard
Ferris Webster
George Axelrod
George R. Nelson
George Axelrod
Lionel Lindon
Howard W. Koch
Moss Mabry
Philip M. Jefferies
John Frankenheimer
John Frankenheimer
David Amram
John Mehl
Richard Carruth
Carl Mahakian
Thom Conroy
Joseph C. Behm
Ron Berkeley
Mary Westmoreland
Jack Freeman
Arden Cripe
Bernard Ponedel
Joe Edmondson
Del Harris
Read Killgore
Richard Borland
David Salven
Bill Flannery
Gene Shacove
Gaylin P. Schultz
Seymour Klate
Philip M. Jefferies
John M. Elliot
Richard M. Rubin
Lucius O. Croxton
Joseph S. Toldy
John Indrisano
Angela Alexander
Rose Viebeck
Mollie Kent
Al Wyatt Sr.
William Read Woodfield
Grace Dubray
Gordon Doversola
Robert Campbell
Wesley Jeffries
Bill Craemer
Joe Gray
Felix Barlow
Morris Brown
Beau Vanden Ecker
Robert "Buzz" Henry
Amalia Wade
Eugene Levitt
Ron Talsky
Gene Martell
Dorothy Parkinson
TOP CAST

Frank Sinatra
Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco

Laurence Harvey
Raymond Shaw

Angela Lansbury
Mrs. Iselin

Janet Leigh
Eugenie Rose Chaney

James Gregory
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin

Henry Silva
Chunjin

Leslie Parrish
Jocelyn Jordan

John McGiver
Sen. Thomas Jordan

Khigh Dhiegh
Dr. Yen Lo

James Edwards
Cpl. Allen Melvin

Douglas Henderson
Col. Milt

Albert Paulsen
Zilkov

Barry Kelley
Secretary of Defense

Lloyd Corrigan
Holborn Gaines

Madame Spivy
Female Berezovo

Bess Flowers
Gomel's Lady Counterpart (uncredited)

Leoda Richards
Woman at Press Confrence (uncredited)

Reggie Nalder
Gomel (uncredited)

Colin Kenny
Senator (uncredited)

Bert Stevens
Officer

Arthur Tovey
Second Reporter

Paul Frees
Narrator (voice)

Whit Bissell
Medical Officer

James Yagi
Chinese Officer (uncredited)

Tom Lowell
Pvt. Bobby Lembeck (uncredited)

Joe Adams
Psychiatrist
Merritt Bohn
Jilly
Robert Riordan
Benjamin K. Arthur
Raoul Freeman
Reporter (uncredited)

Rudy Germane
Delegate (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Delegate (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Reporter (uncredited)