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 | 20.0 |
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)
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