The Manchurian Candidate
“When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it!”
John FrankenheimerCast
Frank Sinatra 
Laurence Harvey 
Janet Leigh 
Angela Lansbury 
Henry Silva 
James Gregory
Credits
Written by: 
Richard Condon
Plot
Raymond Shaw, an American soldier captured in Korea, comes home a decorated hero, but his former commander Bennett Marco begins to have nightmares suggesting that the whole platoon was brainwashed. Marco discovers that Shaw has been turned into an unwitting assassin, controlled by a conspiracy that reaches the heart of American politics. Based on Richard Condon's novel.
Sinekatalog’s take
A Cold War thriller that is also a political satire, with a famous brainwashing scene shot in a garden club and a chilling Angela Lansbury. It was little seen for years and then rediscovered as a classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (85,404 votes)
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