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Movie Review

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Political thriller or political satire? "The Manchurian Candidate" is both, and although it was made in 1962, it has lost none of its edge or any of its biting attacks on the American political circus. It feels just as taut, just as scathing, and just as paranoid as it did thirty-five years ago. "The Manchurian Candidate" is mostly a cinematic backlash against the absurdities of the McCarthy hear ... ...

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