![]() It is too bad, too, because not all this detail is essential to the story. senator - is disclosed as a top Soviet agent, when killing is piled on killing - four murders and one suicide - it will be for many stretching credulity to the breaking point. In the final stretch, when Harvey’s mother - wife of a U.S. The Soviet spy apparatus, no doubt, as any espionage machinery, would be amazing to most simple citizens, so a broad scope of speculation is legitimate. Axelrod’s screenplay, however, uses more than is really necessary. The story gets into murky areas in its development. His final rebellion provides the climax to the story. with other squad members, he has become, under certain conditions, an automaton responding slavishly to orders from Soviet agents. Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey are two such servicemen, members of a squad forced to undergo the involuntary psychological indoctrination. production is being released by United Artists.īased on a book by Richard Condon, The Manchurian Candidate is taken from reports of brainwashing by Chinese communists of U.S. George Axelrod and John Frankenheimer produced, with Frankenheimer directing Axelrod’s screenplay. The premise is somewhat far-fetched, and its development strains belief in the final sequences, but accepting it on its own terms it sustains interest. ![]() The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below:Ī suspense melodrama with political background, exploring and exploiting some dramatic projections of communist brainwashing, The Manchurian Candidate is tautly made, with strong box office potential. ![]() 24, 1962, political thriller The Manchurian Candidate hit theaters, eventually earning two Oscar noms at the 35th Academy Awards, hosted by the film’s star Frank Sinatra.
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