THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1962
• Genre: Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: The name John Frankenheimer became forever synonymous with heart-in-the-throat filmmaking when this quintessential sixties political thriller was released. Set in the early fifties, this razor-sharp adaptation of the novel by Richard Condon concerns the decorated U.S. Army sergeant Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), who as a prisoner during the Korean War is brainwashed into becoming a sleeper assassin in a Communist conspiracy, and a fellow POW (Frank Sinatra) who slowly uncovers the sinister plot. In an unforgettable performance, Angela Lansbury plays Raymond's villainous mother, the controlling wife of a witch-hunting anti-Communist senator with his eyes on the White House. The rare film that takes aim at the frenzy of the McCarthy era while also being suffused with its Cold War paranoia, The Manchurian Candidate remains potent, shocking American moviemaking.;
• Cast: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish, John McGiver, Khigh Dhiegh, James Edwards, Douglas Henderson, Albert Paulsen, Barry Kelley, Lloyd Corrigan, Madame Spivy, Joe Adams, Midori Arimoto, Frank Basso, Mary Benoit, Whit Bissell, Nicky Blair, Merritt Bohn, Nick Bolin, Robert Burton, Evelyn Byrd, Harry Carter, Lana Crawford, Ray Dailey, Mimi Dillard, Joan Douglas, Estelle Etterre, Mickey Finn, Bess Flowers, Lee Tung Foo, John Francis, Paul Frees, Ralph Gambina, Joe Gray, Tom Harris, Maggie Hathaway, Maye Henderson, Sam 'Kid' Hogan, Harry Holcombe, John Indrisano, Miyoshi Jingu, Kenner G. Kemp, Rita Kenaston, Colin Kenny, Helen Kleeb, Lou Krugg, Jack Latham, John Lawrence, Richard LePore, Carl M. Leviness, Tom Lowell, Wilbur Mack, Rankin Mansfield, Michael Masters, William Meader, Harold Miller, Marquita Moll, Reggie Nalder, Frances E. Nealy, Karen Norris, Richard Norris, Julie Payne, Robert Riordan, Anna Shin, Ray Spiker, Irving Steinberg, Bert Stevens, Hal Taggart, William Thourlby, Arthur Tovey, Raynum K. Tsukamoto, Jeanne Vaughn, Anton von Stralen, James Yagi, John Frankenheimer, Richard Condon, George Axelrod, Lionel Lindon, Ferris Webster, David Amram, Joe Edmondson, Richard Sylbert, Philip M. Jefferies
• Director: John Frankenheimer
• Runtime: 2:06
• Company: M.C. Productions, Frank Sinatra Trust Number 10, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), United Artists Corporation (UA), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment), The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie