The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Released: 1962-10-24 Duration: 2hr 6min
Genres: Thriller Drama
Rating 7.5
When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it!

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

MC Productions
United Artists
United Artists

Additional Info

Budget $2,200,000.00
Revenue $7,700,000.00
Original Language en
Popularity 20.635

Directed By

John Frankenheimer

Crew

Screenplay
George Axelrod
Producer
George Axelrod
Executive Producer
Howard W. Koch
Original Music Composer
David Amram
Director of Photography
Lionel Lindon
Production Design
Richard Sylbert
Art Direction
Philip M. Jefferies
Set Decoration
George R. Nelson
Costume Design
Moss Mabry
Special Effects
A. Paul Pollard
Camera Operator
John Mehl
Music Editor
Richard Carruth
Assistant Director
Joseph C. Behm
Assistant Editor
Carl Mahakian
Property Master
Arden Cripe
Hairstylist
Mary Westmoreland
Makeup Artist
Bernard Ponedel
Makeup Artist
Jack Freeman
Makeup Artist
Ron Berkeley
Dialect Coach
Thom Conroy
Sound Mixer
Joe Edmondson
Sound Effects Editor
Del Harris
Hairstylist
Gene Shacove
Assistant Director
David Salven
Assistant Director
Read Killgore
Assistant Art Director
Philip M. Jefferies
Set Dresser
Lucius O. Croxton
Set Dresser
John M. Elliot
Set Dresser
Seymour Klate
Set Dresser
Joseph S. Toldy
Boom Operator
Bill Flannery
Stunt Coordinator
Gordon Doversola
Stunt Coordinator
Beau Vanden Ecker
Stunts
Joe Gray
Stunt Double
Robert "Buzz" Henry
Stunt Coordinator
John Indrisano
Stunt Double
Al Wyatt Sr.
Assistant Camera
Felix Barlow
Still Photographer
Bill Craemer
Assistant Camera
Eugene Levitt
Still Photographer
William Read Woodfield
Costumer
Wesley Jeffries
Wardrobe Specialized Technician
Angela Alexander
Wardrobe Master
Morris Brown
Wardrobe Master
Ron Talsky
Wardrobe Master
Rose Viebeck
Script Supervisor
Amalia Wade
Script Supervisor
Grace Dubray
Script Supervisor
Mollie Kent
Production Assistant
Gene Martell
Makeup Artist
Dorothy Parkinson

TOP CAST

Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra

Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco

Laurence Harvey
Laurence Harvey

Raymond Shaw

Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury

Mrs. Iselin

Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh

Eugenie Rose Chaney

James Gregory
James Gregory

Sen. John Yerkes Iselin

Henry Silva
Henry Silva

Chunjin

Leslie Parrish
Leslie Parrish

Jocelyn Jordan

John McGiver
John McGiver

Sen. Thomas Jordan

Khigh Dhiegh
Khigh Dhiegh

Dr. Yen Lo

James Edwards
James Edwards

Cpl. Allen Melvin

Barry Kelley
Barry Kelley

Secretary of Defense

Lloyd Corrigan
Lloyd Corrigan

Holborn Gaines

Madame Spivy
Madame Spivy

Female Berezovo

Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers

Gomel's Lady Counterpart (uncredited)

Leoda Richards
Leoda Richards

Woman at Press Confrence (uncredited)

Reggie Nalder
Reggie Nalder

Gomel (uncredited)

Colin Kenny
Colin Kenny

Senator (uncredited)

Bert Stevens
Bert Stevens

Officer

Arthur Tovey
Arthur Tovey

Second Reporter

Paul Frees
Paul Frees

Narrator (voice)

Whit Bissell
Whit Bissell

Medical Officer

James Yagi
James Yagi

Chinese Officer (uncredited)

Tom Lowell
Tom Lowell

Pvt. Bobby Lembeck (uncredited)

Joe Adams
Joe Adams

Psychiatrist

Robert Riordan
Robert Riordan

Benjamin K. Arthur

Raoul Freeman
Raoul Freeman

Reporter (uncredited)

Rudy Germane
Rudy Germane

Delegate (uncredited)

Herschel Graham
Herschel Graham

Delegate (uncredited)

Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall

Reporter (uncredited)

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