The Manchurian candidate [videorecording DVD] / screenplay by George Axelrod ; produced by George Axelrod and John Frankenheimer ; directed by John Frankenheimer.
Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish. Based on the novel by Richard Condon. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1962. Special features include: commentary track by John Frankenheimer; cast and crew interviews; Queen of diamonds (featurette with Angela Lansbury); A little solitaire (featurette with William Friedkin); original theatrical trailer.
Summary:
A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis-induced conditioning to carry out the orders of the enemy upon release. When a decorated Korean War veteran who has been brainwashed starts to commit political assassinations, his old military commander begins to suspect and must stop him.
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