The Manchurian Candidate (movie)
- User score: 7.5
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: John Frankenheimer
- Production companies: MC Productions, United Artists
- Genre: Thriller, Drama
- Budget: $2,200,000
- Revenue: $7,700,000
- Release date: 10/24/1962
- Run time: 126 min.
Movie description
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.
