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[[Image:Manchurian.jpg|right|200px]]
[[Image:Manchurian.jpg|right|200px]]
'''The Manchurian Candidate''' is a 1962 Hollywood film about a Chinese conspiracy to "[[brainwash]]" 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, gained an almost [[cult]]-like following. It was new twist in spy movies, playing upon widespread fears at the time that American POWs in Korea were being systematically brainwashed.<ref> It was later realized that sort of brainwashing depicted in the film was impossible. On the fears see Susan L. Carruthers, "Redeeming The Captives: Hollywood and the Brainwashing of America's Prisoners of War in Korea." ''Film History'' 1998 10(3): 275-294</ref>.
'''The Manchurian Candidate''' is a 1962 Hollywood film about a Chinese conspiracy to "[[brainwash]]" 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, gained an almost [[cult]]-like following. It was new twist in spy movies, playing upon widespread fears at the time that American POWs in Korea were being systematically brainwashed.<ref> It was later realized that sort of brainwashing depicted in the film was impossible. On the fears see Susan L. Carruthers, "Redeeming The Captives: Hollywood and the Brainwashing of America's Prisoners of War in Korea." ''Film History'' 1998 10(3): 275-294</ref>. It is considered by many to be the best political thriller ever made.
== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Frank Sinatra]] as Captain (later Major) Bennett Marco, [[United States Army|USA]], veteran of the [[Korean War]] and attached to Army G-2.
* [[Frank Sinatra]] as Captain (later Major) Bennett Marco, [[United States Army|USA]], veteran of the [[Korean War]] and attached to Army G-2.
* Carruthers, Susan L. "Redeeming The Captives: Hollywood and the Brainwashing of America's Prisoners of War in Korea." ''Film History'' 1998 10(3): 275-294. 0892-2160
* Carruthers, Susan L. "Redeeming The Captives: Hollywood and the Brainwashing of America's Prisoners of War in Korea." ''Film History'' 1998 10(3): 275-294. 0892-2160
* Carruthers, Susan L. "The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and the Cold War Brainwashing Scare." ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio And Television'' 1998 18(1): 75-94. 0143-9685
* Carruthers, Susan L. "The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and the Cold War Brainwashing Scare." ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio And Television'' 1998 18(1): 75-94. 0143-9685
* Condon, Richard. ''The Manchurian Candidate'' (1959); 320 pages; the original novel [http://books.google.com/books?id=fmB9mXvRy1gC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22manchurian+candidate%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=2007&num=30&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES excerpts and text search]
* Marks, John D. ''The search for the "Manchurian candidate": the CIA and mind control'' (1979) 242 pages; scholarly study of brainwashing
* Jacobson, Matthew Frye, and Gaspar González. ''What Have They Built You to Do? The Manchurian Candidate and Cold War America'' (2006) 288pp; full-scale scholarly interpretation of the film [http://books.google.com/books?id=yGBEDgEpVuQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22manchurian+candidate%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=2007&num=30&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES excerpt and text search]
* Seed, David. '' Brainwashing: the fictions of mind control : a study of novels and films'' (2004) ch 5. [http://books.google.com/books?id=YsVFqZIuus0C&pg=PA106&dq=%22manchurian+candidate%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=2007&num=30&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES excerpt and text search]
== Also See ==
== Also See ==