On Oct. 24, 1962, political thriller The Manchurian Candidate hit theaters, eventually earning two Oscar noms at the 35th Academy Awards, hosted by the film’s star Frank Sinatra.

I don’t know that I’ve experienced a more severe case of cinematic whiplash than the one casually tossed out mid-film by The Manchurian Candidate, John Frankenheimer’s 1962 adaptation of a ...

Logo of the film “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962) taken from the film’s trailer. When Barack Obama was President, some of his angriest opponents called him “The Manchurian Candidate ...

Lost in the funhouse of Cold War history, released at the Cuban missile crisis’ most dangerous moment, The Manchurian Candidate anticipated—by thirteen months—the assassination of an ...

Was 'The Manchurian Candidate' withdrawn from distribution immediately after JFK was assassinated?

That confluence is hair-raising enough, but if anything, The Manchurian Candidate has come to feel more relevant since 2016.

“The Manchurian Candidate” (John Frankenheimer, 1962) at 7 p.m. on American Movie Classics. This startling thriller takes Richard Condon’s audacious novel about brainwashing and political ...

The Manchurian Candidate Every once in a rare while a film comes along that "works" in all departments, with story, production and performance so well blended that the end effect is one of nearly ...

Frank Sinatra plays Major Marco a true-blue veteran who can't shake disturbing nightmares about his time in Korea - nightmares that hint at the brainwashing of American troops and hypnotised ...

Tonight's film is the 1962 Cold War thriller "The Manchurian Candidate." It stars Frank Sinatra, Lawrence Harvey, Janet Leigh, and Angela Lansbury.

There are actually two “Manchurian Candidate” movies. The first one was in 1962, starring Frank Sinatra, Angela Lansbury, Janet Leigh, and Lawrence Harvey. The second one was in 2004, starring ...

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