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📊 Film Specifications

Director John Frankenheimer

Writer Richard Condon (Novel), George Axelrod (Screenplay)

Release Date October 24, 1962

Runtime 126 min (2h 6m)

Country United States of America

Language EN

Budget $2,200,000

Box Office $7,700,000

Studios MC Productions • United Artists

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Name: The Manchurian Candidate
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Released: 1962-10-24
Rating: 3.8

Directed by John Frankenheimer

• Written by Richard Condon , George Axelrod

"When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it!"

⭐ 3.8 / 5 (859 votes) ⏱️ 126 min 🎬 Thriller, Drama

Ratings Breakdown:

859 ratings

0.5 Stars 5.0 Stars

Synopsis

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.