![]() ![]() The 1962 film bearing the same name was directed by John Frankenheimer, and starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, and Janet Leigh co-starring are Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, and James Gregory. Blue boards, title printed in white on spine. Condon's expert manipulation of the book's multiple themes – from anticommunist hysteria to megalomaniacal motherhood – makes this one of the most dazzling, and enduring, products of an unforgettable time. First edition of The Manchurian Candidate, signed by Richard Condon, in first issue dust jacket. Jacket design by Bernard Krigstein.įirst published in 1959, The Manchurian Candidate is Condon's riveting take on a little-known corner of the cold war, the almost sci-fi concept of American soldiers captured, brainwashed, and programmed by their Chinese captors to return to the states as unsuspected political assassins. Our Reading Guide for The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon includes a Book Club Discussion Guide, Book Review, Plot Summary-Synopsis and Author Bio. director of photography Film Editing by Ferris Webster. ![]() ![]() New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1959.įirst edition of this brilliant, controversial novel, basis for the 1962 film adaptation, which has been called “the most chilling piece of cold war paranoia ever committed to film” (New York Times). The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by John Frankenheimer Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Music by David Amram Cinematography by Lionel Lindon. ![]()
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