Movie

The Manchurian Candidate

Released: October 24, 1962 (1962)

Runtime: 126 minutes

Genres: Thriller, Drama

Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Khigh Dhiegh as Dr. Yen Lo
Age at release: 52
James Gregory as Sen. John Yerkes Iselin
Age at release: 50
John McGiver as Sen. Thomas Jordan
Age at release: 48
Frank Sinatra as Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
Age at release: 46
James Edwards as Cpl. Allen Melvin
Age at release: 44
Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Iselin
Age at release: 37
Henry Silva as Chunjin
Age at release: 36
Janet Leigh as Eugenie Rose Chaney
Age at release: 35
Laurence Harvey as Raymond Shaw
Age at release: 34
Leslie Parrish as Jocelyn Jordan
Age at release: 27

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Colin Kenny as Senator (uncredited)
Age at release: 73
Raoul Freeman as Reporter (uncredited)
Age at release: 68
Bess Flowers as Gomel's Lady Counterpart (uncredited)
Age at release: 63
Lloyd Corrigan as Holborn Gaines
Age at release: 62
Bert Stevens as Officer
Age at release: 57
Arthur Tovey as Second Reporter
Age at release: 57
Merritt Bohn as Jilly
Age at release: 57
Madame Spivy as Female Berezovo
Age at release: 56
Leoda Richards as Woman at Press Confrence (uncredited)
Age at release: 55
Reggie Nalder as Gomel (uncredited)
Age at release: 55
Barry Kelley as Secretary of Defense
Age at release: 54
Whit Bissell as Medical Officer
Age at release: 52
Rudy Germane as Delegate (uncredited)
Age at release: 52
Robert Riordan as Benjamin K. Arthur
Age at release: 50
Douglas Henderson as Col. Milt
Age at release: 43
Paul Frees as Narrator (voice)
Age at release: 42
Joe Adams as Psychiatrist
Age at release: 40
James Yagi as Chinese Officer (uncredited)
Age at release: 39
Albert Paulsen as Zilkov
Age at release: 36
Tom Lowell as Pvt. Bobby Lembeck (uncredited)
Age at release: 21