The Manchurian Candidate
Melodrama about an intelligence officer who exposes a Communist plot to use a brainwashed Korean war hero to assassinate the presidential candidate.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Bennet Marco Frank Sinatra
- Raymond Shaw Laurence Harvey
- Eugénie Rose 'Rosie' Cheyney Janet Leigh
- Eleanor Shaw Iselin, Raymond's mother Angela Lansbury
- Chunjin Henry Silva
- Senator John Yerkes Iselin James Gregory
- Jocie Jordon Leslie Parrish
- Senator Thomas Jordon John Mcgiver
- Yen Lo Khigh Dhiegh
- Corporal Al Melvin James Edwards
- colonel Douglas Henderson
- Zilkov Albert Paulsen
- Secretary of Defense Barry Kelley
- Holborn Gaines Lloyd Corrigan
- Berezovo's lady counterpart Madame Spivy
- [psychiatrist] Joe Adams
- [medical officer] Whit Bissell
- [Mrs Melvin] Mimi Dillard
- [officer] Anton Van Stralen
- [Gossfeld] John Laurence
- [Bobby Lembeck] Tom Lowell
- [Ed Navole] Richard Lapore
- [Berezovo] Nick Bolin
- [Silvers] Nicky Blair
- [Little] William Thourlby
- [Freeman] Irving Steinberg
- [Haiken] John Francis
- [Benjamin K. Arthur, the nominee] Robert Riordon
- [Gomel] Reggie Nalder
- [Miss Gertrude] Miyoshi Jingu
- [Korean girl] Anna Shin
- [charlady] Helen Kleeb
- [charlady] Maye Henderson
- [reporter] Mickey Finn
- [reporter] Richard Norris
- [reporter] John Indrisano
- [manager] Lou Krugg
- [FBI man] Mike Masters
- [FBI man] Tom Harris
- [soprano] Mariquita Moll
- [convention chairman] Robert Burton
- [secretary] Karen Norris
- [Gomel's lady counterpart] Bess Flowers
- [nurse] Jean Vaughn
- [policeman] Ray Spiker
- [Jilly] Merritt Bohn
- [photographer] Frank Basso
- [general] Harry Holcombe
- [guest at party] Julie Payne
- [guest at party] Lana Crawford
- [guest at party] Evelyn Byrd
- [page boy] Ray Dailey
- [woman in hotel lobby] Estelle Etterre
- [woman in hotel lobby] Mary Benoit
- [woman in hotel lobby] Rita Kenaston
- [woman in hotel lobby] Maggie Hathaway
- [woman in hotel lobby] Joan Douglas
- [woman in hotel lobby] Frances Nealy
- [woman in hotel lobby] Evelyn Byrd
- [man in hotel lobby] Ralph Gambina
- [man in hotel lobby] Sam 'Kid' Hogan
- [Chinese gentleman in hotel lobby] James Yagi
- [Chinese gentleman in hotel lobby] Lee Tung Foo
- [Chinese gentleman in hotel lobby] Raynum Tsukamoto
Credits
Direction
- Directed by John Frankenheimer
- Assistant Director Joseph C. Behm
- [2nd Assistant Director] David Salven
- [2nd Assistant Director] Read Killgore
- Script Supervisor Amalia Wade
- [Script Supervisor] Molly Kent
- [Script Supervisor] Grace Dubray
Production
- © M.C. Productions
- Released thru United Artists
- Executive Producer Howard W. Koch
- Produced by George Axelrod
- Produced by John Frankenheimer
- [Production Assistant] Gene Martell
Writing
- Screenplay by George Axelrod
- Based upon a novel by Richard Condon
Photography
- Director of Photography Lionel Lindon
- Photographic Effects Howard Anderson Co.
- Operative Cameraman John Mehl
- [Camera Assistant] Felix Barlow
- [Camera Assistant] Eugene Levitt
- [Gaffer] Robert Campbell
- [Grip] Richard Borland
- [Grip] Gaylin Schultz
Stills
- [Stills] Bill Creamer
Special Effects
- Special Effects Paul Pollard
Editing
- Film Editor Ferris Webster
- Assistant Film Editor Carl Mahakian
Design
- Production Designer Richard Sylbert
- Assistant Art Director Philip M. Jefferies
- [Set Designer] Lucius O. Croxton
- [Set Designer] Seymour Klate
- [Set Designer] John M. Elliott
- [Set Designer] Joseph S. Tolby
- Set Decorator George R. Nelson
- Property Master Arden Cripe
- [Props] Richard M. Rubin
Costumes
- Costumes by Moss Mabry
- Costumer Wesley Jeffries
- [Wardrobe] Morris Brown
- [Wardrobe] Ron Talsky
- [Wardrobe] Angela Alexander
- [Wardrobe] Rose Viebeck
- Jewels by Ruser of Beverly Hills
Make-up
- Makeup Artist Bernard Ponedel
- Makeup Artist Jack Freeman
- Makeup Artist Ron Berkeley
- [Makeup] Dorothy Parkinson
- Hair Stylist Mary Westmoreland
- Janet Leigh's Hair Styles by Gene Shacove
Music
- Music Composed and Conducted by David Amram
- Music Editor Richard Carruth
Sound
- Music Recording Vinton Vernon
- [Sound Recording] Paul Wolfe
- Sound Mixer Joe Edmondson
- [Boom Operator] William Flannery
- Re-recording Buddy Myers
- Sound System Westrex Recording System
- Sound Effects Editor Del Harris
Consultant
- Maps provided through the courtesy of Inc. American Map Company
- Dialogue Coach Thom Conroy