The Manchurian Candidate
“When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it!”
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.
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Cast
32 people
Frank Sinatra
Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
Known for
Ocean's Eleven
The Man with the Golden Arm
Laurence Harvey
Raymond Shaw
Known for
The Alamo
Room at the Top
Angela Lansbury
Mrs. Iselin
Known for
Beauty and the Beast
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Janet Leigh
Eugenie Rose Chaney
Known for
Psycho
Touch of Evil
James Gregory
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin
Known for
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
The Flight of Dragons
Henry Silva
Chunjin
Known for
Above the Law
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Leslie Parrish
Jocelyn Jordan
Known for
The Giant Spider Invasion
Sex and the Single Girl
John McGiver
Sen. Thomas Jordan
Known for
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Midnight Cowboy
Khigh Dhiegh
Dr. Yen Lo
Known for
Noble House
Seconds
James Edwards
Cpl. Allen Melvin
Known for
The Killing
Patton
Douglas Henderson
Col. Milt
Known for
The Wild Wild West
The Americanization of Emily
Albert Paulsen
Zilkov
Known for
Galactica 1980
The Laughing Policeman
John Frankenheimer Director · George Axelrod Screenplay Richard Condon Author
Worldwide gross $7.7M · Budget $2.2M · United States release October 24, 1962
Box office
Budget
$2,200,000
Worldwide gross
$7,700,000
Gross vs. budget
3.5×
Production
MC Productions
Production
United Artists
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · October 24, 1962
Theatrical
United States · October 24, 1962
Theatrical
Australia
November 22, 1962 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 2000 · Physical · IMDB
France
October 10, 2026 · TV · Ciné+ Classic
Germany
March 1, 1963 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 6, 2007 · Physical · DVD
October 25, 2012 · Theatrical · Re-release
February 23, 2015 · Physical · Blu ray
Portugal
October 1, 1964 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 4, 1963 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 8, 1962 · Theatrical
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