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Dominican Rep. The Manchurian Candidate
- Original title
- The Manchurian Candidate
- Year
- 1962
- Running time
- 121 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- George Axelrod. Novel: Richard Condon
- Cast
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Frank Sinatra
Laurence Harvey
Janet Leigh
Angela Lansbury
James Gregory
Leslie Parrish
John McGiver- Madame Spivy
Henry Silva- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
Lionel Lindon (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Mystery | Psychological Thriller. Korean War. Cold War. Politics
- Synopsis
- In Korea in 1952, a US Army patrol is ambushed by Communist soldiers. A year later the squad, having escaped, returns to the US, where Staff Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) is to receive the Medal of Honor for single-handedly saving the lives of the squad. Shaw is the son of Elanor Iselin, wife of US Senator John Yerkes Iselin, and Mrs. Iselin turns the return of Raymond into a political rally that brings out building hostility between son and mother over the ambitions of Johnny Iselin. But there is more involved, for the actions of Raymond Shaw are not what everyone believes they are, and the nightmares of a US Army officer, Major Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra), leads to investigation of Raymond that unlocks a stunning political conspiracy that sweeps up Johnny and Elanor Iselin, and which only Bennett Marco can possibly stop.
In the year 2004 Jonathan Demme directed a remake starring Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep.- Awards
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1962: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Supporting Actress (Angela Lansbury), Editing1962: Golden Globes: Best Supporting Actress (Lansbury). Nom. for Best Director1962: BAFTA Awards: Nominated to Best Film1962: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director1962: National Board of Review: Best Supporting Actress (Lansbury)
- Critics' reviews
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"It may be the most sophisticated political satire ever made in Hollywood"
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"A veritable salad of mixed genres and emotional textures, this exciting black-and-white cold war thriller runs more than two hours and never flags for an instant"
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"Here is a movie that was made more than 25 years ago, and it feels as if it were made yesterday. Not a moment of The Manchurian Candidate lacks edge and tension and a cynical spin"
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"It seems a small miracle that 'The Manchurian Candidate' is able to maintain its mad balancing act as long as it does. That the film slips near the end is a sign of how very hard it is"
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