Movie Cosmos - The Manchurian Candidate

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Frank Sinatra

As Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco

Laurence Harvey

As Raymond Shaw

Angela Lansbury

As Mrs. Iselin

Janet Leigh

As Eugenie Rose Chaney

James Gregory

As Sen. John Yerkes Iselin

Henry Silva

As Chunjin

Leslie Parrish

As Jocelyn Jordan

John McGiver

As Sen. Thomas Jordan

Khigh Dhiegh

As Dr. Yen Lo

James Edwards

As Cpl. Allen Melvin

Douglas Henderson

As Col. Milt

Albert Paulsen

As Zilkov

Barry Kelley

As Secretary of Defense

Lloyd Corrigan

As Holborn Gaines

Madame Spivy

As Female Berezovo

Bess Flowers

As Gomel's Lady Counterpart (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

As Woman at Press Confrence (uncredited)

Reggie Nalder

As Gomel (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

As Senator (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

As Officer

Arthur Tovey

As Second Reporter

Paul Frees

As Narrator (voice)

Whit Bissell

As Medical Officer

James Yagi

As Chinese Officer (uncredited)

Tom Lowell

As Pvt. Bobby Lembeck (uncredited)

Joe Adams

As Psychiatrist

Merritt Bohn

As Jilly

Robert Riordan

As Benjamin K. Arthur

Raoul Freeman

As Reporter (uncredited)

Rudy Germane

As Delegate (uncredited)

Herschel Graham

As Delegate (uncredited)

Stuart Hall

As Reporter (uncredited)

Top Crew >

John Frankenheimer

Director, Producer

Lionel Lindon

Director of Photography

Philip M. Jefferies

Art Direction, Assistant Art Director

George Axelrod

Producer, Screenplay

Moss Mabry

Costume Design

Howard W. Koch

Executive Producer

Richard Sylbert

Production Design

A. Paul Pollard

Special Effects

George R. Nelson

Set Decoration

Ferris Webster

Editor

Richard Condon

Novel

David Amram

Original Music Composer

Richard Carruth

Music Editor

John Mehl

Camera Operator

Carl Mahakian

Assistant Editor

Ron Berkeley

Makeup Artist

Mary Westmoreland

Hairstylist

Bernard Ponedel

Makeup Artist

Thom Conroy

Dialect Coach

Joseph C. Behm

Assistant Director

Arden Cripe

Property Master

Jack Freeman

Makeup Artist

Del Harris

Sound Effects Editor

Joe Edmondson

Sound Mixer

Gene Shacove

Hairstylist

Richard Borland

Props

John M. Elliot

Set Dresser

Gaylin P. Schultz

Props

John Indrisano

Stunt Coordinator

David Salven

Assistant Director

Seymour Klate

Set Dresser

Bill Flannery

Boom Operator

Al Wyatt Sr.

Stunt Double

Richard M. Rubin

Props

Beau Vanden Ecker

Stunt Coordinator

Read Killgore

Assistant Director

Joseph S. Toldy

Set Dresser

Lucius O. Croxton

Set Dresser

Gordon Doversola

Stunt Coordinator

Morris Brown

Wardrobe Master

Felix Barlow

Assistant Camera

Ron Talsky

Wardrobe Master

Robert Campbell

Gaffer

Eugene Levitt

Assistant Camera

William Read Woodfield

Still Photographer

Wesley Jeffries

Costumer

Gene Martell

Production Assistant

Bill Craemer

Still Photographer

Rose Viebeck

Wardrobe Master

Mollie Kent

Script Supervisor

Joe Gray

Stunts

Robert "Buzz" Henry

Stunt Double

Amalia Wade

Script Supervisor

Grace Dubray

Script Supervisor

Angela Alexander

Wardrobe Specialized Technician

Dorothy Parkinson

Makeup Artist

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (8/10)

An outstandingly (and Golden Globe winning) vile performance from Angela Lansbury - well and truly putting her silly old maid roles to one side, makes a magnificent contribution to one of the most thought-provoking thrillers ever to come out of 1960s Hollywood. Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey return from the Korean War - the latter to great acclaim, winning the Medal of Honour. Both suffer from terrible nightmares and when Sinatra discovers that other survivors from their unit are also suffering; and that somehow Harvey is the fulcrum of it all we descend into an abyss of manipulation, brain "dry-cleaning", mind-control and red-bashing that is really quite unsettling - and entirely plausible. Janet Leigh, James Gregory and a truly malevolent Khigh Dhiegh as "Dr. Yen Lo" all gel well to create a masterpiece of tension and threat with the tightly shot direction; subtle use of light and music and a truly gripping dialogue contributing to a truly menacing adaptation of Richard Condon's visionary novel. A must see...

2024-11-19