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The Manchurian Candidate

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The Manchurian Candidate(1962)

Thriller, Drama

English

2h 6m

7.5

User Score

John Frankenheimer

George Axelrod

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.