The Manchurian Candidate

1962 · Movies · 2h 6m · Drama, Thriller

bleak

Major character dies

Suicide or self-harm

Downer ending

How it ends

Raymond Shaw kills his mother and senator, then takes his own life.

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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.