The Manchurian Candidate
Directed by Jonathan Demme
Starring Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Simon McBurney, Kimberly Elise, Bruno Ganz, Jon Voight, Jeffrey Wright, Anthony Mackie, Ted Levine
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Sad / lowYears 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.
- Original language
- English
- Screenplay
- Richard Condon, Daniel Pyne, Dean Georgaris, Kalina Ivanov
- Music
- Rachel Portman
- Cinematography
- Tak Fujimoto
- Cast
- Simon McBurney, Kimberly Elise, Bruno Ganz, Jon Voight, Jeffrey Wright, Anthony Mackie, Ted Levine, Miguel Ferrer, Dean Stockwell
Updated July 22, 2026
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