The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

"When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it!"
ThumbScore
👍 83%
Critics Score
🎬 96% (RT: 97%, MC: 94)
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Director
John Frankenheimer
Runtime
2h 6m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Votes
793
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Metacritic
94
Overview
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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