the manchurian candidate (1962)

box office

$2,200,000 to make
n/a amount made

actors and actresses

frank Sinatra
Laurence harvey
janet leigh

film briefing

the son of a prominent US political family is brainwashed by chinese scientists to become an assassin for them.

my views

the manchurian candidate was a decent film for its time but a bit of a long shot in reality. a group of soldiers are tortured into being assassins for the manchurians. the way he's brain is triggered to obey all orders is that he plays a game of solitaire and when he sees the queen of hearts he will obey all orders. frank sinatra is trying to see what is wrong with the man and one day when they are in a bar the bartender says to someone play solitare. the man starts to play solitaire and then after it gets to the queen of hearts and the man stops awaiting orders the bartenders next worlds are why don't you go down to central park and jump in the ice cold lake. under the brainwashing he goes and does it whilst he is doing it frank Sinatra is pursing him trying to stop him after he catches up to him he has already in the lake and is now out of the brainwash. frank then realises that he has copied what the bartender has said. frank then proceeds to find out who has done this to him. i wont go into anymore detail because i will spoil it for you.

my overall opinion would be that its a old film has some funny scenes and if you want to see a well structured thriller watch this.