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The Manchurian Candidate

64.64% | Jul 30, 2004 | Drama, Thriller, Mystery

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.

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Jonathan Demme
Director
Richard Condon
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Cast

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Denzel Washington
Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
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Meryl Streep
Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
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Liev Schreiber
Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
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Simon McBurney
Dr. Atticus Noyle

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