The manchurian candidate

Resource Information

The work The manchurian candidate represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The manchurian candidate

Statement of responsibility

United Artists ; Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; M.C. Productions ; executive producer, Howard W. Koch ; screenplay by George Axelrod ; produced by George Axelrod and John Frankenheimer ; directed by John Frankenheimer

Creator

• Manchurian candidate (Motion picture : 1962)

Contributor

• Silva, Henry, 1928-
• Criterion Collection (Firm)
• MC Productions
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• United Artists Corporation
• Amram, David
• trueAxelrod, George
• trueCarruthers, Susan L., (Susan Lisa)
• trueCondon, Richard
• Corrigan, Lloyd, 1900-1969
• Dhiegh, Khigh
• Edwards, James, 1918-1970
• Frankenheimer, John, 1930-2002
• Gregory, James, 1911-2002
• Hampton, Howard, 1958-
• Harvey, Laurence
• Henderson, Douglas, 1919-1978
• Jefferies, Wesley V., 1906-2000
• Kelley, Barry, 1908-1991
• Koch, Howard W., Jr., 1916-2001
• Lansbury, Angela, 1925-
• trueLeigh, Janet
• Lindon, Lionel
• Mabry, Moss
• McGiver, John, 1913-1975
• Nelson, George, 1927-1992
• Parrish, Leslie
• Paulsen, Albert, 1925-2004
• Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998
• Spivy, Madame, 1907-1971
• Sylbert, Richard
• Webster, Ferris, 1912-1989

Actor

• Harvey, Laurence
• Kelley, Barry, 1908-1991
• Henderson, Douglas, 1919-1978
• Gregory, James, 1911-2002
• Lansbury, Angela, 1925-
• Edwards, James, 1918-1970
• trueLeigh, Janet
• Dhiegh, Khigh
• Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998
• Spivy, Madame, 1907-1971
• McGiver, John, 1913-1975
• Corrigan, Lloyd, 1900-1969
• Parrish, Leslie
• Paulsen, Albert, 1925-2004
• Silva, Henry, 1928-

Composer

• Amram, David

Costume designer

• Jefferies, Wesley V., 1906-2000
• Mabry, Moss

Director of photography

• Lindon, Lionel

Editor of moving image work

• Webster, Ferris, 1912-1989

Film director

• Frankenheimer, John, 1930-2002

Film producer

• trueAxelrod, George
• Koch, Howard W., Jr., 1916-2001
• Frankenheimer, John, 1930-2002

Production company

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• MC Productions
• United Artists Corporation

Production designer

• Sylbert, Richard

Publisher

• Criterion Collection (Firm)

Screenwriter

• trueAxelrod, George

Set designer

• Nelson, George, 1927-1992

Writer of supplementary textual content

• Hampton, Howard, 1958-

Subject

• Condon, Richard -- Film adaptations
• Conspiracy films
• Cold War -- Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Brainwashing -- Drama
• Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Veterans -- Drama
• Mothers and sons -- Drama
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Assassins -- Drama
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961 -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• trueDrama
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Conspiracy films
• Feature films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Fiction films
• trueFilm adaptations

Language

eng

Summary

Set in the early fifties, this razor-sharp adaptation of the novel by Richard Condon concerns the decorated U.S. Army sergeant Raymond Shaw, who as a prisoner during the Korean War is brainwashed into being a sleeper assassin in a Communist conspiracy, and a fellow POW who slowly uncovers the sinister plot

Member of

• Criterion collection, 803

Awards note

National Film Registry selection, 1994.

Cataloging source

JRG

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13

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Language note

In English with optional English subtitles

LC call number

PN1995.9.S87

LC item number

M35 2016

PerformerNote

Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish, John McGiver, Khigh Dhiegh, James Edwards, Douglas Hendersen, Albert Paulsen, Barry Kelley, Lloyd Corrigan, Madame Spivy

Runtime

126

Series statement

Criterion collection

Series volume

803

Technique

live action