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Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.

Laurence Harvey and Leslie Parrish in The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Laurence Harvey in The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Frank Sinatra in The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Laurence Harvey, Khigh Dhiegh, and Richard LePore in The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Khigh Dhiegh, and Tom Lowell in The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Frank Sinatra

Laurence Harvey

Janet Leigh

Richard Condon

George Axelrod

John Frankenheimer

An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.

The Manchurian Candidate

John Frankenheimer&apos;s surrealistic direction and George Axelrod&apos;s adaptation of the 1959 book by the same name offer Laurence Harvey a career defining role.

Set in 1950&apos;s, A Korean War veteran Raymond Shaw(Harvey) returns home to a medal of honor for rescuing his POW platoon from behind Chinese lines and back to safety.  One of the returning soldiers, (played effectively by Frank Sinatra) however, has recurring dreams of his platoon being brainwashed and Shaw committing acts of murder.

He eventually convinces army brass that Shaw is still a puppet of his Communist-Marxist operators.

Angela Lansbury, (although barely a few years older than Harvey was at the time) plays his mother in a tour de force role.  She absolutely captivates and steals every scene she is in, playing a very complex role that needs to convince the viewer of many things without much dialogue.

There&apos;s a rich cast of characters, including Janet Leigh, Henry Silva, James Edwards, and a painfully accurate James Gregory.  Each character weaves through the methodical subplots and tapestry of Frankenheimer&apos;s masterful &quot;Hitchcockian&quot; pace.

I won&apos;t give away the plot, but dear readers, allow me to sat that this one is really worth watching--until the nail-biting and chilling conclusion.

 There are many undertones in this film -- political, sexual, class and power, and social.  You will want to view this film several times to approach it from different perspectives.

Official Trailer

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John Frankenheimer's surrealistic direction and George Axelrod's adaptation of the 1959 book by the same name offer Laurence Harvey a career defining role.

Set in 1950's, A Korean War veteran Raymond Shaw(Harvey) returns home to a medal of honor for rescuing his POW platoon from behind Chinese lines and back to safety.  One of the returning soldiers, (played effectively by Frank Sinatra) however, has recurring dreams of his platoon being brainwashed and Shaw committing acts of murder.

He eventually convinces army brass that Shaw is still a puppet of his Communist-Marxist operators.

Angela Lansbury, (although barely a few years older than Harvey was at the time) plays his mother in a tour de force role.  She absolutely captivates and steals every scene she is in, playing a very complex role that needs to convince the viewer of many things without much dialogue.

There's a rich cast of characters, including Janet Leigh, Henry Silva, James Edwards, and a painfully accurate James Gregory.  Each character weaves through the methodical subplots and tapestry of Frankenheimer's masterful "Hitchcockian" pace.

I won't give away the plot, but dear readers, allow me to sat that this one is really worth watching--until the nail-biting and chilling conclusion.

 There are many undertones in this film -- political, sexual, class and power, and social.  You will want to view this film several times to approach it from different perspectives.

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