| The Manchurian Candidate 
				(1962), 
				Director: John Frankenheimer, rated PG-13 some 
				disturbing scenes 
				
				If you come in five minutes after this picture begins, you 
				won't know what it's all about! When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been 
				anything like it!
 
				
		  Starring: 
Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, James Gregory, 
Henry Silva, Leslie Parrish, John McGiver, Khigh Dheigh, James Edwards, Douglas 
Henderson, Albert Paulsen, Barry Kelley, Lloyd Corrigan, Madame Spivy, Reggie 
Nalder 
DML Rating: 
★★★★★★★★★☆ 
- near perfect 
				"I told them to build me an 
				assassin. I wanted a killer from a world filled with killers and 
				they chose you because they thought it would bind me closer to 
				them." – Mrs. Iselin 
				Why watch this? This 
				Frankenheimer thriller was certainly ahead of its time. I 
				genuinely left me disturbed. 
				Plot Summary: 
				The film opens in the Korean War with the capture of U.S. 
				soldiers by Soviet/Chinese forces. Three days later the men 
				return and are eventually sent back home. For their service, 
				Sergeant Raymond Shaw receives the Medal of Honor, thanks to 
				Captain Ben Marco's recommendation. Marco, and many of the men 
				involved, however, are having horrible nightmares. In Marco's 
				fever dreams he witnesses Shaw murder two fellow soldiers in 
				front of communist military leaders. He convinces his superior 
				office that something happened in Korea akin to brainwashing, 
				and he feels that Shaw may be compromised.  Dad's Preview: 
				This exercise in Cold 
				War paranoia plays both as satire and dead-serious drama. There 
				are several scenes that are shocking, even by today's standards. 
				There is nothing more terrifying to any American than the 
				thought of being mentally manipulated to betray their loved 
				ones. Harvey and Sinatra's performances are excellent, but 
				Angela Lansbury, whose portrays of a powerful woman willing to 
				sacrifice everything for her wanton ambitions, steals every 
				scene and frankly deserved an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. 
				 M. C. Productions; 
				United Artists
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