Why, then, is his former commanding officer (Frank Sinatra) plagued by nightmares in which the repressed Harvey coolly kills one of his comrades under the orders of a Chinese general? Exploiting contemporary fears about Communist brainwashing while cleverly exposing the hysterical anti-Communist lobby (the McCarthyist Senator Iselin makes for a superb stooge), this is a dazzling critique of its times that functions first and foremost as a superbly constructed and almost unbearably tense thriller. Laurence Harvey has returned from the Korean War a hero, recipient of the Medal of Honor and saviour of his platoon. More than 50 years on, it has lost none of its ability to thrill and provoke. 92 million.Director John Frankenheimer's masterpiece of Cold War paranoia was withdrawn from circulation in the wake of the death of JFK, its assassination plot a chilling mirror to contemporary events. Cast: James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Ralph Meeker. A captive outlaw uses psychological tactics to prey on a bounty hunter. Cast: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp. A wandering cowboy gets caught in the rivalry between an aging rancher’s sons. Letterbox.ĥ:00 PM THE MAN FROM LARAMIE (1955). Cast: Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret. A rock star’s personal appearance turns a small town into a disaster area. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury. A Korean War hero doesn’t realize he has been programmed to kill by the enemy. 90 million.ġ2:45 PM THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962). Cast: Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford, Lewis Stone. A playboy hands control of his dwindling fortune to a pretty girl. Cast: Tony Martin, Janet Leigh, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Bracken, Ann Miller, Barbara Lawrence, Charles Dale and Joe Smith. A small-town girl finds love on the road to Broadway stardom. 95 million.ĩ:00 AM TWO TICKETS TO BROADWAY (1951). Cast: Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh, Millard Mitchell. An opera star risks disaster when he marries a lovesick fan. Rick Santorum: The Politics of Boredomħ:15 AM STRICTLY DISHONORABLE (1951). Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey, Gordon Gebert, Esther Dale, Henry O’Neill, Harry Morgan. A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well. Cast: Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Janet Leigh, Robert Young. An unhappily married woman falls in love with her niece’s fiance. Schedule (PT) and synopses from the TCM website:ģ:30 AM THAT FORSYTE WOMAN (1949). Note: The Manchurian Candidate (2004) remake was directed by Jonathan Demme, and starred Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, and Meryl Streep. If you can’t, there’s always Angela Lansbury delivering one of the greatest performances of the ’60s – while also giving a more complex meaning to the concept of Mother Love. If you’re able to suspend disbelief for a couple of hours, you may enjoy The Manchurian Candidate. In what amounts to a supporting role, Janet Leigh plays a woman who falls for another disturbed war veteran, Frank Sinatra. In her honor, Turner Classic Movies is showing eight Janet Leigh movies (see TCM schedule below), including one of her landmark motion pictures: John Frankenheimer’s political thriller The Manchurian Candidate (1962).Ĭonsidered one of the greatest political movies ever made in Hollywood, The Manchurian Candidate stars Laurence Harvey as a Korean War veteran who is a robot-like pawn to an enemy government. Janet Leigh would have turned 85 on Friday, July 6.
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