The Manchurian Candidate
John Frankenheimer, 1962
The Manchurian Candidate
Richard Condon, 1959
The Manchurian Candidate is a movie directed by John Frankenheimer in 1962 and based on the book of the same name by Richard Condon, first published in 1959. The movie features Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
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Movie vs Book
Year
1962
Minutes
126
Movie Rate
7.90
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Manchurian Candidate
Director: John Frankenheimer
Country: USA
Year: 1962
Length: 2h6m
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Year
1959
Pages
358
Book Rate
8.18
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Book
The Manchurian Candidate
Author: Richard Condon
Country: USA
First published in: 1959
Length: 358 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Jonathan Demme
User polls & recommendations
“You either ignore the comic book and make a great movie or you stay very close to the comic book.”
MATTHEW VAUGHN (Filmmaker)
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