The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

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PG-13 | 2 hr 6 mins | Drama, Thriller, Adaptation, Mystery | Released: 1/1/1962 |Box Office Total: $1.8M

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Synopsis:

A US Army hero returns to New York from Korea, but has been mysteriously programmed by Communists to assassinate a presidential nominee, but when his Army buddy becomes suspicious of the goings on, he is on the trail to stop him.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/1962

Studio	Credit
United Artists Pictures Inc.	Studio
Director	Credit
John Frankenheimer	Director
Cast	Credit
Frank Sinatra	Bennett Marco
Laurence Harvey	Raymond Shaw
Janet Leigh	Eugenie Rose--Rosie
Angela Lansbury	Eleanor Iselin--Raymond's Mother
Henry de Silva	Chunjin
James Gregory	Senator John Yerkes Iselin
Leslie Parrish	Jocie Jordan
John McGiver	Senator Thomas Jordan
Khigh Dhiegh	Yen Lo
James Edwards	Corporal Melvin
Douglas Henderson	Colonel
Albert Paulsen	Zilkov
Barry Kelley	Secretary of Defense
Joe Adams	Psychiatrist
Lloyd Corrigan	Holborn Gaines
Whit Bissell	Medical Officer
Mimi Dillard	Melvin's Wife
Thomas Lowell	Lembeck
Nicky Blair	Silvers
Anton Van Stralen	Officer
John Laurence	Gossfeld
Richard LaPore	Mavole
Nick Bolin	Berezovo
William Thourlby	Little
Irving Steinberg	Freeman
John Francis	Haiken
Robert Riordan	Nominee
Reggie Nalder	Gomel
Miyoshi Jingu	Miss Gertrude
Anna Shin	Korean Girl
Helen Kleeb	Chairlady
Maye Henderson	Chairlady
Mickey Finn	Reporter
Richard Norris	Reporter
Johnny Indrisano	Reporter
Lou Krugg	Manager
Mike Masters	FBI Man
Tom Harris	FBI Man
Mariquita Moll	Soprano
Robert Burton	Convention Chairman
Karen Norris	Secretary
Bess Flowers	Comel
Jean Vaughn	Nurse
Ray Spiker	Policeman
Merritt Bohn	Jilly
Frank Basso	Photographer
Harry Holcomb	General
Julie Payne	Guest at Party
Lana Crawford	Guest at Party
Evelyn Byrd	Guest at Party
Evelyn Byrd	Person in Hotel Lobby
Ray Dailey	Page Boy
Estelle Etterre	Person in Hotel Lobby
Mary Benoit	Person in Hotel Lobby
Rita Kenaston	Person in Hotel Lobby
Maggie Hathaway	Person in Hotel Lobby
Joan Douglas	Person in Hotel Lobby
Frances Nealy	Person in Hotel Lobby
Ralph Gambina	Person in Hotel Lobby
Sam Hogan ('Kid')	Person in Hotel Lobby
James Yagi	Chinese Man in Hotel Lobby
Lee Tung Foo	Chinese Man in Hotel Lobby
Raynum Tsukamoto	Chinese Man in Hotel Lobby
Madame Spivy	Berezovo--Lady Counterpart
Production Credits	Credit
George Axelrod	Producer
Howard W Koch	Executive Producer
John Frankenheimer	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
MC Productions	Production Company
Essex Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
MGM/UA Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
United Artists Classics	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
UIP The Film Consortium	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Santa Monica, California, USA
New York City, New York, USA
Writer	Credit
John Frankenheimer	Screenplay
Richard Condon	Source Material (from novel)
George Axelrod	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Richard Sylbert	Production Designer
George Nelson	Set Decorator
Philip M Jefferies	Assistant Art Director - art direction assistant
Film Camera	Credit
Lionel Lindon	Director of Photography
John Mehl	Camera Operator
Music	Credit
Richard Carruth	Music Editor
David Amram	Music - music director
David Amram	Music
Vinton Vernon	Music - music recording
Production Management	Credit
Joseph Behm	Assistant Director
Amelia Wade	Script Supervisor
Sound	Credit
Del Harris	Sound Effects Editor
Joe Edmondson	Sound - sound recording mixer
Buddy Myers	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Paul Pollard	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Bernard Ponedel	Makeup
Gene Shacove	Hair - hairstyles
Moss Mabry	Costume Designer
Wesley V Jefferies	Wardrobe
Jack Freeman	Makeup
Mary Westmoreland	Hair - hairstyles
Rob Berkeley	Makeup

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