The Manchurian Candidate

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.

• John FrankenheimerDirector
• George AxelrodScreenplay
• David AmramOriginal Music Composer

• Frank SinatraCapt./Maj. Bennett Marco
• Laurence HarveyRaymond Shaw
• Angela LansburyMrs. Iselin
• Janet LeighEugenie Rose Chaney
• James GregorySen. John Yerkes Iselin
• Henry SilvaChunjin
• Leslie ParrishJocelyn Jordan
• John McGiverSen. Thomas Jordan
• Khigh DhieghDr. Yen Lo
• James EdwardsCpl. Allen Melvin
• Douglas HendersonCol. Milt
• Albert PaulsenZilkov