The Manchurian Candidate
Released Year: 1962
Certificate: PG-13
Runtime: 126 minutes
Genre: Drama, Thriller
IMDB Rating:
Meta Score: 94
Director: John Frankenheimer
Stars: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury
No of Votes: 71122
Gross: N/A
Overview: A former prisoner of war is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
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