The Manchurian Candidate

The John Frankenheimer Collection: The Manchurian Candidate / The Train / The Young Savages / Ronin

Director: John Frankenheimer

Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Paul Scofield, Michael Simon, Jean Reno, Jonathan Price

(1961) Rated: N/A

US DVD release date: 22 January 2008 (MGM Video)

[29 February 2008]

by Marco Lanzagorta

Master of the Political Thriller

The rather complex ideological issues and unique sense of aesthetics that Frankenheimer infused in his films can be fully appreciated in this collection.

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