The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Amazon.com You will never find a more chillingly suspenseful, perversely funny, or viciously satirical political thriller than The Manchurian Candidate, based on the novel by Richard Condon (author of Winter Kills). The film, withheld from distribution by star Frank Sinatra for almost a quarter century after President Kennedy's assassination, has lost none of its potency over time. Former infantryman Bennet Marco (Sinatra) is haunted by nightmares about his platoon having been captured and brainwashed in Korea. The indecipherable dreams seem to center on Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), a decorated war hero but a cold fish of a man whose own mother (Angela Lansbury, in one of the all-time great dragon-lady roles) describes him as looking like his head is "always about to come to a point." Mrs. Bates has nothing on Lansbury's character, the manipulative queen behind her second husband, Senator John Iselin (James Gregory), a notoriously McCarthyesque demagogue. --Jim Emerson Product Description Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh and Angela Lansbury star in this political suspense classic about the drug-and-hypnosis-induced behavior that transforms a U.S. Army hero into a human time bomb. Year: 1962
ASIN: 0792838289
VSKU: HBSV.0792838289.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Angela Lansbury|Laurence Harvey|Janet Leigh|Henry Silva|James Gregory|Frank Sinatra|Leslie Parrish|John McGiver|James Edwards|Khigh Dhiegh|Madame Spivy|Douglas Henderson|Lloyd Corrigan|Barry Kelley|Frank Basso|Bess Flowers|Maggie Hathaway|Albert Paulsen|Joe Gray|John Indrisano|John Frankenheimer|George Axelrod|Richard Condon
Binding: Dvd
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Condition Notes: Dvd comes in original case and case has original artwork. Disc may have some minor scratches but is in good condition.Case may have some general wear. Be sure check out thousands of our other dvds on this platform.