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The Manchurian Candidate

Everything is under control.

Years 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.

20042h 10mRThriller, Mystery

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About The Manchurian Candidate

Directors
Jonathan Demme
Cast
Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Simon McBurney, Kimberly Elise, Bruno Ganz
Genres
Thriller, Mystery
Content rating
R
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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