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The Manchurian Candidate. DRAMA. 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 (Laurence Harvey) is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra ...
9 de jul. de 2000 · The Manchurian Candidate is taken from a 1959 novel by Richard Condon, author also of Prizzi’s Honor (1982) and sequels. The book is written in a wonderfully delirious and over-the-top style. George Axelrod takes it with more of a nonchalance and occasionally loses it. The Chunjin character seems to disappear halfway through, for instance.
Another man in their squad talks of strange dreams, and soon after that the movie is launched into a story of politics, intrigue, and of course, brainwashing. The story leads to a great ending that wraps up everything nicely. "The Manchurian Candidate" is a cold, gripping satire thriller film that is still very intense.
3 de nov. de 2020 · The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 political thriller directed by John Frankenheimer and written by George Axelrod, based on the novel by Richard Condon. It stars Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, and Janet Leigh, with Angela Lansbury, James Gregory, Henry Silva, Khigh Dhiegh, John McGiver, Leslie Parrish, and Douglas Henderson.
The Manchurian Candidate: Directed by John Frankenheimer. With Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury. An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
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The Manchurian Candidate. Available on Prime Video. A pair of Korean War-era POWs get brainwashed into carrying out assassinations by their communist captors. One of them starts to have devastating flashbacks while the other continues their fatal mission. Drama 1962 2 hr 6 min.
