The Manchurian Candidate, a political thriller

The film is a political thriller that tells the story of a political conspiracy in which the son of a well-known conservative political family in the United States was kidnapped during the Korean War and brainwashed into an assassin in order to make him president of the country and manageable for the communists.

The film was released on 24 October 1962, during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

For some reason, the film was rarely aired after 1963.

However, its virtual disappearance from cinema and television screens may also be due to distribution rights problems.

Despite this, the film won critical acclaim and became a cult film in many ways.

Angela Lansbury was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and Ferris Webster was nominated for an Oscar for Best Editing.

This film was based on the novel written by Richard Condon, directed by John Frankenheimer and starred Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury and Janet Leigh.