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The Manchurian Candidate: Film review

Return of the great original 1962 film with Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey. By Peter BradshawDon't bother with Jonathan Demme's toothless 2004 remake; the rereleased classic cold war thriller from 1962 by John Frankenheimer packs a harder punch. Laurence Harvey plays the decorated Korean war veteran who arrives back home without any memory of being brainwashed by the communists as a "sleeper", ready to assassinate the president. Frank Sinatra is his army buddy who suspects the plot. The creep...

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21:40 on April 15 2010

The Manchurian Candidate: Film review

Guardian Music — Return of the great original 1962 film with Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey. By Peter BradshawDon't bother with Jonathan Demme's toothless 2004 remake; the rereleased c... more info

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