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The Manchurian Candidate
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Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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Synopsis
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
More about The Manchurian Candidate
Cast
Denzel WashingtonMajor Bennett Ezekiel Marco
Meryl StreepSenator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
Liev SchreiberCongressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
Simon McBurneyDr. Atticus Noyle
Kimberly EliseRosie
Bruno GanzDelp
Jon VoightSenator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
Jeffrey WrightCPL Al MelvinCredits
- Directed by
- Jonathan Demme
- Written by
- Dean Georgaris, Daniel Pyne, Richard Condon
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $80M
- Box office
- $96.1M
Production
Clinica EsteticoUnited States
Paramount PicturesUnited States
Scott Rudin ProductionsUnited States- Tina Sinatra Productions
