The manchurian candidate / United Artists ; Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; M.C. Productions ; executive producer, Howard W. Koch ; screenplay by George Axelrod ; produced by George Axelrod and John Frankenheimer ; directed by John Frankenheimer.

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Set in the early fifties, this razor-sharp adaptation of the novel by Richard Condon concerns the decorated U.S. Army sergeant Raymond Shaw, who as a prisoner during the Korean War is brainwashed into being a sleeper assassin in a Communist conspiracy, and a fellow POW who slowly uncovers the sinist...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Manchurian candidate (Motion picture : 1962)
Corporate Authors: United Artists Corporation (Production company)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Production company)
M.C. Productions (Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors: Frankenheimer, John, 1930-2002 (Film producer, Film director)
Koch, Howard W., Jr., 1916-2001 (Film producer)
Axelrod, George (Screenwriter, Film producer)
Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (Actor)
Harvey, Laurence (Actor)
Leigh, Janet (Actor)
Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022 (Actor)
Silva, Henry, 1926-2022 (Actor)
Gregory, James, 1911-2002 (Actor)
Parrish, Leslie (Actor)
McGiver, John, 1913-1975 (Actor)
Dhiegh, Khigh (Actor)
Edwards, James, 1918-1970 (Actor)
Henderson, Douglas, 1919-1978 (Actor)
Paulsen, Albert, 1925-2004 (Actor)
Kelley, Barry, 1908-1991 (Actor)
Corrigan, Lloyd, 1900-1969 (Actor)
Spivy, Madame, 1907-1971 (Actor)
Amram, David (composer (expression))
Lindon, Lionel (director of photography.)
Sylbert, Richard (Production designer)
Webster, Ferris, 1912-1989 (Editor of moving image work)
Mabry, Moss (Costume designer)
Nelson, George, 1927-1992 (Set designer)
Jefferies, Wesley V., 1906-2000 (Costume designer)
Condon, Richard
Carruthers, Susan L. (Susan Lisa) (interviewee (expression))
Hampton, Howard, 1958- (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with optional English subtitles.
Published: [Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Edition:DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 803.
Subjects:
Condon, Richard > Film adaptations.
Brainwashing > Drama.
Assassins > Drama.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Veterans > Drama.
Mothers and sons > Drama.
Cold War > Drama.
United States > Politics and government > 1953-1961 > Drama.
Conspiracy films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Conspiracy films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert.
Format: Video DVD

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