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Although the film was not a major hit, and its conspiracy plot was considered far-fetched, it anticipated the American obsession with conspiracy theories after Kennedy's assassination.  

Although the film was not a major hit, and its conspiracy plot was considered far-fetched, it anticipated the American obsession with conspiracy theories after Kennedy's assassination.  

One year after the assassination of President [[John F. Kennedy]], the creative rights to the film reverted to Frank Sinatra. He was unable to come to financial terms with the production company ([[United Artists]]), so Sinatra shelved the film.  At the time, some suspected that Frank Sinatra had the film pulled from circulation after the Kennedy assassination, in the fear that his film had provoked [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] to commit this act.<ref name=Osborne>Osborne, Robert. End-of-film commentary on ''The Manchurian Candidate''.</ref> However, Ben Mankiewicz now says that that was "a Hollywood version of an urban myth."<ref name=Mankiewicz>Mankiewicz, Ben. Introduction to ''The Manchurian Candidate''.</ref>)

One year after the assassination of President [[John F. Kennedy]], the creative rights to the film reverted to Frank Sinatra. He was unable to come to financial terms with the production company ([[United Artists]]), so Sinatra shelved the film.  At the time, some suspected that Frank Sinatra had the film pulled from circulation after the Kennedy assassination, in the fear that his film had provoked [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] to commit this act.<ref name=Osborne>Osborne, Robert. End-of-film commentary on ''The Manchurian Candidate''.</ref> However, Ben Mankiewicz now says that that was "a Hollywood version of an urban myth," and that Sinatra's real reason for shelving the picture, after the rights reverted to him, was the failure of [[United Artists]] to come to satisfactory terms with him with regard to royalties. The estate of Frank Sinatra finally settled the royalty issue in or about 2005.<ref name=Mankiewicz>Mankiewicz, Ben. Introduction to ''The Manchurian Candidate''.</ref>

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