The Manchurian Candidate

7.5

United States Of America

Thriller Drama

126 min

1962

Lloyd Corrigan Herschel Graham Joe Adams Tom Lowell James Yagi Whit Bissell Paul Frees Arthur Tovey Bert Stevens Colin Kenny Reggie Nalder Leoda Richards Bess Flowers Madame Spivy Frank Sinatra Barry Kelley Albert Paulsen Douglas Henderson James Edwards Khigh Dhiegh John McGiver Leslie Parrish Henry Silva James Gregory Janet Leigh Angela Lansbury Laurence Harvey

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.