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The Manchurian Candidate

Summary: An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
Runtime: 2 h 06 min
MPAA: PG-13

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 2,200,000
Domestic: $ 2,757,256
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