Storyline
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, together with fellow soldier Allen Melvin, races to uncover a terrible plot.
Directors
Cast
Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, Janet Leigh, Arthur Tovey, Paul Frees, Bert Stevens, Lloyd Corrigan, Frank Sinatra, John McGiver, Colin Kenny, Bess Flowers, Whit Bissell, Leoda Richards, James Edwards, James Gregory, Albert Paulsen, Laurence Harvey, Leslie Parrish, Khigh Dhiegh, Douglas Henderson, Barry Kelley, Madame Spivy, Reggie Nalder
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Reviews
100
Angela Lansbury's frighteningly in-check performance is alone worth the trip.
100
Chicago Reader
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...A powerful experience, alternately corrosive with dark parodic humor, suspenseful, moving, and terrifying.
100
Chicago Sun-Times
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. [Re-release]
100
Empire
A dazzling spy thriller that’s still amazing.
100
Los Angeles Times
The Manchurian Candidate proves that its fascination is intact. [12 Jan 1998, p.C1; Re-Release]
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