Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2004]
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Notes:
- DVD Dolby digital.
- Closed-captioned. English (mono. or 5.1 surround) or Spanish (mono.) soundtracks optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.
- Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish.
- Director of photography, Lionel Lindon film editor, Ferris Webster music composed and conducted by David Amram.
- Based on the novel by Richard Condon.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1962.
- MPAA rating: PG-13.
- A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis-induced conditioning to carry out the orders of the enemy upon release. When a decorated Korean War veteran who has been brainwashed starts to commit political assassinations, his old military commander begins to suspect and must stop him.
- Special features include: commentary track by John Frankenheimer cast and crew interviews Queen of diamonds (featurette with Angela Lansbury) A little solitaire (featurette with William Friedkin) original theatrical trailer.
Subjects:
- Presidents — Assassination attempts — Drama.
- Brainwashing — Drama.
- Assassins — Drama.
- Korean War, 1950-1953 — Veterans — Drama.
- Mothers and sons — Drama.
- Cold War — Drama.
- United States — Politics and government — 1953-1961 — Drama.
- Presidentes — Teatro. bidex
- Sugestión mental — Teatro. bidex
- Presidents — Assassination attempts — Drama.
- Brainwashing — Drama.
- Assassins — Drama.
- Political — Feature. migfg
- Thrillers (Motion pictures) lcgft
- Film adaptations. lcgft
- Feature films.
- Fiction films. lcgft
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired. lcgft
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