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The Manchurian Candidate

"When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it!"

1962-10-24
7.526
en 126m
ThrillerDrama
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.

Novel

Richard Condon

Production Design

Richard Sylbert

Special Effects

A. Paul Pollard

Editor

Ferris Webster

Screenplay

George Axelrod

Set Decoration

George R. Nelson

cold war korean war (1950-53) stepparents conspiracy brainwashed assassin brainwashing black and white election presidential candidate sleeper agent queen of diamonds korea

Status

Released

Revenue

$7,700,000

Budget

$2,200,000

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • MC Productions
  • United Artists

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