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 enlarge | Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
Buy Used: $1.98
You Save: $13.00 (87%)
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Rating:  201 reviews
Sales Rank: 7747
Format: Ac-3, Anamorphic, Black & White, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 127
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: MGMDM110332D
ISBN: 0792861582
UPC: 027616911131
EAN: 9780792861584
ASIN: B00020X88Y
Theatrical Release Date: October 24, 1962
Release Date: July 13, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Complete with original disc(s), case, and artwork. In stock and ships today! Part of a boxset so DVD comes in thin style case and is in brand new unwatched condition!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Before It's Time August 29, 2008
I love this film. Besides great acting, I think the way it was shot is way ahead of its time. The brainwashing sequence is fascinating. Forget the remake and see one of the best films ever!!!!!!!!!!
A Great Cold War Thriller August 21, 2008
Based on the Richard Condon novel, written by George Axelrod, directed by John Frankenheimer and starring a terrific cast: Frank Sinatra as Maj Marco,tortured by nightmares of an incident he can't remember except as a strange ladies garden party, Lawrence Harvey as a supposed war hero who has been brainwashed to be an assasin when the trigger is used (a little game of solitare) and Angela Lansbury as the most evil mother in the history of movies. One of the first martial arts fights in American cinema takes place between Sinatra and Henry Silva. James Gregory plays a McCarthy-like senator who is being manipulated behind the scenes. A film from another time but still a real tense thriller. Highly recommended to one and all.
This is the one! July 26, 2008
Don't bother with the Denzel version - this is the one! You will really enjoy this one, and bits of it still ring true today!
Original Manchurian Candidate July 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a very good quality DVD of the one of the classic cold war thrillers.
 Disturbing Thriller But Too Bad About the DVD! June 5, 2008
This is one of my favourite films because of the performance of the cast and the uniqueness of the story. One of my favourite scenes of all-time has to be the garden party scene which for me deserves 5 stars already. I never thought I could hate Angela Lansbury that sweet little old lady from "Murder She Wrote" so much as I did here which to me is a sign of great acting on her part and I thought Lawrence Harvey was excellent here as well. Sinatra was okay but nothing close to his performance in "From Here To Eternity". Overall, the film for me was an exciting and chilling thriller although the ending bit with Sinatra's monologue was rather poor as I was hoping for a better way to end what otherwise was a good film.
The problem here lies with the DVD which hasn't been restored well leading to a poor overall picture quality although it was nice to have both the Standard and Widescreen versions on either side of the disc but it goes without saying that the best way to view this film is Widescreen. The sound quality is not that great and there are no special features worth mentioning as well. Let's hope they make a much better effort with the Blu-ray version with better sound quality options as well as much better picture quality improvements.
Entertaining drama although you may want to wait for a better restored version to surface and give this particular version a miss.
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