The Manchurian Candidate

Eerie, shocking, daring, thrilling and mesmerizing, The Manchurian Candidate is A masterpiece. One of the best and brightest of modern American films (Roger Ebert). Featuring an allstar cast, including Angela Lansbury ( The Greatest Story Ever Told ) in an OscarNominated performance, this chilling and controversial (Leonard Maltin) film may be the most sophisticated political satire ever made (Pauline Kael). When a platoon of Korean War GIs is captured, they somehow end up at a ladies garden club party. Or do they Frank Sinatra ( Guys and Dolls ) who portrays Major Bennett Marco, can t remember. As he searches for the answer, he discovers threads of a diabolical plot orchestrated by the utterly ruthless Mrs. Iselin (Lansbury) and involving her war hero son (Laurence Harvey, The Alamo ), her senator husband (James Gregory, Clambake ) and a secret cabal of enemy leaders.