'''The Manchurian Candidate''' is a 1962 Hollywood film about a [[Communist]] conspiracy to drug and hypnotize an American [[POW]] into assassinating a candidate for [[President of the United States]]. The film, based on the 1959 novel by Richard Condon, was directed by John Frankenheimer.
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'''The Manchurian Candidate''' is a far-fetched<ref>"The film initially failed at the box-office and its plot was considered far-fetched. [http://www.filmsite.org/manc.html The Manchurian Candidate (1962) review] by Tim Dirks </ref> 1962 Hollywood film about a [[Communist]] conspiracy to drug and hypnotize an American [[POW]] into assassinating a candidate for [[President of the United States]]. The film, based on the 1959 novel by Richard Condon, was directed by John Frankenheimer.