Communism & anti-Communism could both be threats to America
The Cold War created some great cinema in America. Case in point The Manchurian Candidate featuring Frank Sinatra as Major Bennett Marco, Laurence Harvey as Raymond Shaw and Angela Lansbury as Shaw’s mother Mrs. Eleanor Iselin. The movie takes place during and after the Korean war where Major Marco’s squad that included Shaw is captured by the Communists, brainwashed, and then sent home to carry out a plot against the United States using the celebrity of Shaw who was awarded the Medal of Honor. Additionally Shaw’s ambitious mother wants to use Shaw’s heroics to help her husband Senator Iselin in his re-election campaign. The theme of the film is about how America could be turned against itself.<br /><br />The movie has a psychological angel as Major Marco and the other members of his squad are plagued by nightmares about what happened to them during the war. Sometimes they see the Chinese and Soviets brainwashing them. Other times the Communists appear as a group of women. Sinatra does a great job with this character. Later on he’s a mental mess due to his nightmares. He’s got sweat on his brow and he can’t even light a cigarette his hands shake so much.<br /><br />Another major theme is the exploitation of anti-communism. Mrs and Senator Iselin are a stand in for Senator Joseph McCarthy. During a press conference at the Pentagon for example, Senator Iselin makes the unsubstantiated claim that he has a list of Communists working within the Defense Department. They are simply opportunists using the fear of Communism to advance their political career during the Cold War. There’s a great twist about them at the end as well.<br /><br />For 1962 the movie also had a very diverse cast. For example part of the squad is Allen Melvin (James Edwards) who is African American. He gets a dream sequence that also has his wife. During his dream the Chinese are seen as black women, and then Asian actors are shown playing the Chinese as they discuss their plot with the Soviets. Khigh Dhiegh played Dr. Yen Lo the main Chinese brainwash scientist who was part Egyptian and Sudanese. Major Marco also works with a psychiatrist played by Joe Adams who was black. While not in the lead there were few other Hollywood films of this time that had that many people of color in it. Of course, the film also cast Henry Silva a white guy as the Korean Chunjin.<br /><br />The one main drawback of the film is Janet Leigh’s character Eugenie Chaney. She meets Major Marco on the train while he’s having a panic attack and immediately tells him her address and phone numbers, and then breaks up with her fiancé to be with him all because she saw him sweat and freak out. Completely ridiculous.<br /><br />In the end The Manchurian Candidate plays upon two themes. The first, was the Communist threat to undermine the United States. The second, was that anti-Communism could be just as destructive as American politicians used the fears of the Cold War to manipulate the public for their own political gain. In the background the movie was also a celebration of the diversity of America as seen in the cast.<br />C
The movie title "The Manchurian Candidate," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.6 from 1827 reviewers. 
It features elements such as IMDb 7.9, 2 h 6 min, 1962 and PG-13, and it is priced at $None.

This title falls under the categories of Suspense, Drama, Cerebral and Mysterious. 
The additional details include the following in key-value format :
 {"Subtitles": ["None available"], "Directors": ["John Frankenheimer"], "Producers": ["Howard W. Koch", "George Axelrod", "John Frankenheimer"], "Starring": ["Frank Sinatra", "Laurence Harvey", "Janet Leigh"]}

Here is a brief synopsis of the title : HD. Frank Sinatra stars as a former Korean War veteran whose nightmares expose a mind-blowing communist plot..