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24/10/1962 Thriller, Drama 2h 6m
75
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When you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it!

Overview

Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.

  1. John Frankenheimer

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Frank Sinatra

    Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco

  2. Laurence Harvey

    Raymond Shaw

  3. Angela Lansbury

    Mrs. Iselin

  4. Janet Leigh

    Eugenie Rose Chaney

  5. James Gregory

    Sen. John Yerkes Iselin

  6. Henry Silva

    Chunjin

  7. Leslie Parrish

    Jocelyn Jordan

  8. John McGiver

    Sen. Thomas Jordan

  9. Khigh Dhiegh

    Dr. Yen Lo

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-11-19
An outstandingly (and Golden Globe winning) vile performance from Angela Lansbury - well and truly putting her silly old maid roles to one side, makes a magnificent contribution to one of the most thought-provoking thrillers ever to come out of 1960s Hollywood. Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey return from the Korean War - the latter to great acclaim, winning the Medal of Honour. Both suffer from terrible nightmares and when Sinatra discovers that other survivors from their unit are also suffering; and that somehow Harvey is the fulcrum of it all we descend into an abyss of manipulation, brain...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,200,000.00

Revenue
$7,700,000.00

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