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The Manchurian Candidate
1962 2h 6m John Frankenheimer

The Manchurian Candidate

★ 7.9 IMDb
Drama Mystery & Thriller
An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
Writer George Axelrod
Cast Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury, Janet Leigh
DP Lionel Lindon
Production Designer Richard Sylbert
Music David Amram
Essays and Criticism
On this film
Uniquely American Symptoms: The Manchurian Candidate by Adam Nayman, Cinema Scope
On John Frankenheimer
A Little Solitaire: John Frankenheimer and American Film by Nicholas Godfrey, Screening the Past
In conversation with other films
The Camp Psychiatrist in American Horror and Thriller Movies: FromPsychoandThe Manchurian Candidateto M. Night Shymalan’sSplit by Joy McEntee, Screening the Past
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Awards & Festivals
Nominated Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Nominated Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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