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The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 American neo-noir political thriller film directed and produced by John Frankenheimer. The screenplay is by George Axelrod, based on the 1959 Richard Condon novel The Manchurian Candidate. The film's leading actors are Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, and Janet Leigh, with co-stars Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, and James Gregory.
Plot
During the Korean War, Soviet and Chinese soldiers capture an U.S. Army platoon, taking them to communist China. Three days later, Sergeant Raymond Shaw and Captain Bennett "Ben" Marco return to UN lines. Upon Marco's recommendation, Shaw is awarded the Medal of Honor for saving his soldiers' lives in combat, though two men were killed. Shaw returns to the United States, where his mother, Eleanor Iselin, exploits his heroism to further the political career of her husband, Senator John Iselin. When asked to describe Shaw, two soldiers in his unit uniformly respond that "he is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being [they] have ever known." In fact, Shaw is a strict, cold, unsympathetic loner hated by his men.
More details
| author | George Axelrod |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Madison Square Garden New York City |
| director | John Frankenheimer |
| editor | Ferris Webster |
| events | brainwashing espionage Korean War |
| genre | mystery political thriller |
| keywords | army intelligence arrest brainwash central park china communist china communist plot discover even false memory forcing deck human being joseph r. mccarthy kill learn mccarthyism medal of honor military intelligence corps no memory north korea queen of diamonds sleeper agent solitaire u.s. army un united nations young woman |
| musicBy | David Amram |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| producer | George Axelrod John Frankenheimer |
| publisher | United Artists |
| recordedAt | Santa Monica |
| theme | memory neo-noir political thriller psychological thriller spy war |