in 1962, john frankenheimer made "the manchurian candidate," one of the all time classic american political thrillers. frank sinatra as the hero and angela lansbury as the creepiest mother and the brain-washed communist plant inserted into u.s. politics at the highest levels, one of the greatest american movies ever, as far as i'm concerned. the original, not the remake. two years after the manchurian candidate came out, this came out, "seven days in may," in 1964 and because it was such a sensitive subject they set it a decade in the future in the 1970s to try not to quite freak people out so much because of the plot in the movie potentially unfolding in the united states in the early 1960s. "seven day is in may" is another classic scary american political thriller. it's about the u.s. military rejecting civilian control of the military. the u.s. president, in the movie, he sign as nuclear disarmament treaty with the soviet union and the senate ratifies it and military leaders freak out and decide they disagree with that so strongly that the leaders of the u.s. military plan to launch a co

in 1962, john frankenheimer made "the manchurian candidate," one of the all time classic american politicalfrank sinatra as the hero and angela lansbury as the creepiest mother and the brain-washed communist plant inserted into u.s. politics at the highest levels, one of the greatest american movies ever, as far as i'm concerned. the original, not the remake. two years after the manchurian candidate

us good night from nbc news headquarters in new york in 1962, john frankenheimer made "the manchuriancan political thrillers. frank sinatra as the hero and angela lansbury as the creepiest mother who is not in a horror movie, lawrence harvey as the brain-washed communist plant who is inserted into u.s. politics at the highest levels. one of the greatest american movies ever, as far as i'm concerned. the original, not the remake. two years after the manchurian candidate came out, this came