Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon (King of the Ancient Greek. I don't want to say too much about the The Manchurian Candidate for fear of ruining any of its twists and turns. Frank Sinatra refers to Orestes and Clytemnestra when he is talking to Laurence Harvey. For the over two hour run-time I was so tense and creeped out by Laurence Harvey's portrayal of poor Raymond Shaw, the titular "The Manchurian Candidate". The opening scene sets the tone for this thriller and it never lets up. Lansbury is so good here that she earned a Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Army sergeant Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), who. Set in the early fifties, this razor-sharp adaptation of the novel by Richard Condon concerns the decorated U.S. Fear, control, and paranoia are the real stars of this one along with the pitch-perfect performances from Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Henry Silva, James Gregory, and magnificent Angela Lansbury. The name John Frankenheimer became forever synonymous with heart-in-the-throat filmmaking when this quintessential sixties political thriller was released. Communist fears and political aspirations are at an all-time high during the early '60s.
John Frankenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate is a classic cold-war spy-thriller that holds an exalted place in the pantheon of great movies.
The Manchurian Candidate is truly one of the most intense, creepy, and shocking political thrillers ever made! Director John Frankenheimer has crafted a perfect thriller that is dead-serious, without any humor or cynicism. Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey in The Manchurian Candidate. Review: A former prisoner of war (Laurence Harvey) has been brainwashed to become an involuntary assassin for an international Communist conspiracy, and it's up to Major Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) to stop his former CO from murdering a presidential candidate.