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 | 22.227 |
Directed By
John Frankenheimer
Crew
Lionel Lindon
Philip M. Jefferies
George Axelrod
Moss Mabry
Howard W. Koch
Richard Sylbert
A. Paul Pollard
John Frankenheimer
George Axelrod
George R. Nelson
John Frankenheimer
Ferris Webster
Richard Condon
David Amram
Richard Carruth
John Mehl
Carl Mahakian
Ron Berkeley
Mary Westmoreland
Bernard Ponedel
Thom Conroy
Joseph C. Behm
Arden Cripe
Jack Freeman
Del Harris
Joe Edmondson
Gene Shacove
Richard Borland
Philip M. Jefferies
John M. Elliot
Gaylin P. Schultz
John Indrisano
David Salven
Seymour Klate
Bill Flannery
Al Wyatt Sr.
Richard M. Rubin
Beau Vanden Ecker
Read Killgore
Joseph S. Toldy
Lucius O. Croxton
Gordon Doversola
Morris Brown
Felix Barlow
Ron Talsky
Robert Campbell
Eugene Levitt
William Read Woodfield
Wesley Jeffries
Gene Martell
Bill Craemer
Rose Viebeck
Mollie Kent
Joe Gray
Robert "Buzz" Henry
Amalia Wade
Grace Dubray
Angela Alexander
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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