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The Manchurian Candidate

1962·2h 6m·PG-13
DramaThriller
IMDb Rating
★ 7.9/10
84,748 votes
Metascore
94
Metacritic

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

The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 drama thriller movie directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Frank Sinatra, Angela Lansbury, Janet Leigh. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.9/10 from 84,748 votes and runs 2h 6m.

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Director
John Frankenheimer
Stars
Frank Sinatra
Angela Lansbury
Janet Leigh
Laurence Harvey
Details
1962-10-24
126 min
Movie
PG-13
★ United States
★ English, Spanish
Keywords
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