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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