MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 1962 Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey UK PRESSBOOK

Original British 9 3/4 inch x 14 1/2 inch 10 page illustrated Pressbook for the 1962 John Frankenheimer Thriller MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, based on the novel by Richard Condon and starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury, James Gregory, Janet Leigh, Henry Silva, Leslie Parrish, John McGiver, Khigh Dhiegh, James Edwards, Douglas Henderson, Albert Paulsen, Barry Kelley, Lloyd Corrigan, Madame Spivy, Bess Flowers, Leoda Richards, Reggie Nalder, Colin Kenny, Bert Stevens, Arthur Tovey, Paul Frees, Whit Bissell and James Yagi.

”The name John Frankenheimer became forever synonymous with heart-in-the-throat filmmaking when this quintessential sixties political thriller was released. Set in the early fifties, this razor-sharp adaptation of the novel by Richard Condon concerns the decorated U.S. Army sergeant Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), who as a prisoner during the Korean War is brainwashed into becoming a sleeper assassin in a Communist conspiracy, and a fellow POW (Frank Sinatra) who slowly uncovers the sinister plot. In an unforgettable performance, Angela Lansbury plays Raymond’s villainous mother, the controlling wife of a witch-hunting anti-Communist senator with his eyes on the White House. The rare film that takes aim at the frenzy of the McCarthy era while also being suffused with its Cold War paranoia, The Manchurian Candidate remains potent, shocking American moviemaking.” (Criterion)

The pressbook is in very good condition although the cover has completely split at the spine. There is a small jagged tear at the bottom of the back cover.