Cold War Summer: The Manchurian Candidate
July 29, 2026
Set in the early fifties, this razor-sharp adaptation of the novel by Richard Condon concerns a decorated U.S. Army sergeant, who as a prisoner during the Korean War is brainwashed into becoming a sleeper assassin in a Communist conspiracy, and a fellow POW who slowly uncovers the sinister plot.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2026
The Manchurian Candidate is one of the greatest paranoid thrillers, and nastiest political satires ever made. Based on a novel by Richard Condon (Prizzi’s Honor, Winter Kills), the film stars Lawrence Harvey as Raymond Shaw, a war hero who returns from a Korean War prison camp with a brain that was not only washed, but also starched, pressed, and folded. In an unforgettable performance, Angela Lansbury plays Raymond’s villainous mother, the controlling wife of a witch-hunting anti-Communist senator with his eyes on the White House. The rare film that takes aim at the frenzy of the McCarthy era while also being suffused with its Cold War paranoia, The Manchurian Candidate remains potent, shocking American moviemaking.
- Director: John Frankenheimer
- Principal Cast: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury
- Country: USA
- Year: 1962
- Running Time: 126
- Producer: George Axelrod, John Frankenheimer
- Screenplay: Richard Condon, George Axelrod, John Frankenheimer
- Cinematographers: Lionel Lindon
- Editors: Ferris Webster
- Music: David Amram
- Language: English
- US Distributor: Park Circus