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 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $7,700,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.897 |
Directed By
John Frankenheimer
Crew
John Frankenheimer
Richard Condon
George Axelrod
George Axelrod
John Frankenheimer
Howard W. Koch
David Amram
Lionel Lindon
Ferris Webster
Richard Sylbert
Philip M. Jefferies
George R. Nelson
Moss Mabry
A. Paul Pollard
John Mehl
Richard Carruth
Joseph C. Behm
Carl Mahakian
Arden Cripe
Mary Westmoreland
Bernard Ponedel
Jack Freeman
Ron Berkeley
Thom Conroy
Joe Edmondson
Del Harris
Gene Shacove
David Salven
Read Killgore
Philip M. Jefferies
Richard Borland
Lucius O. Croxton
John M. Elliot
Seymour Klate
Richard M. Rubin
Gaylin P. Schultz
Joseph S. Toldy
Bill Flannery
Gordon Doversola
Beau Vanden Ecker
Joe Gray
Robert "Buzz" Henry
John Indrisano
Al Wyatt Sr.
Felix Barlow
Robert Campbell
Bill Craemer
Eugene Levitt
William Read Woodfield
Wesley Jeffries
Angela Alexander
Morris Brown
Ron Talsky
Rose Viebeck
Amalia Wade
Grace Dubray
Mollie Kent
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)
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