Movie · 1962
The Manchurian Candidate
“When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it!”
Released 24 October 1962 126 min Thriller / Drama More from 1962 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Lloyd Corrigan
as Holborn Gaines
Reggie Nalder
as Gomel (uncredited)
Barry Kelley
as Secretary of Defense
Khigh Dhiegh
as Dr. Yen Lo
Whit Bissell
as Medical Officer
James Gregory
as Sen. John Yerkes Iselin
John McGiver
as Sen. Thomas Jordan
Frank Sinatra
as Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
James Edwards
as Cpl. Allen Melvin
Douglas Henderson
as Col. Milt
Paul Frees
as Narrator (voice)
Angela Lansbury
as Mrs. Iselin
Henry Silva
as Chunjin
Albert Paulsen
as Zilkov
Janet Leigh
as Eugenie Rose Chaney
Laurence Harvey
as Raymond Shaw
Leslie Parrish
as Jocelyn Jordan
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The numbers
35years between the oldest and youngest billed
62Lloyd Corrigan — oldest on the call sheet
27Leslie Parrish — youngest billed
44average age of the credited cast