The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Watch The Manchurian Candidate (1962) online for free on 123Movies. Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) is an insufferable man, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, for saving the lives of the men in his unit while in Korea. When he returns he distances himself from his domineering mother. His C.O. Ben Marco (Frank Sinatra) has been having nightmares that lead him to believe that the circumstances that led to Raymond getting the medal are not true. While his superiors don’t think he knows what he is talking about, they decide to is send him on leave. And when he goes to visit Raymond, he is greeted by Raymond’s new valet who opens the door and whom he instinctively attacks. The valet had served with them but Marco instinctively believes that he actually was a fifth columnist plant who betrayed the platoon in Korea. A brutal fight between the two men breaks out, which Marco ultimately wins. Marco is arrested but the brass help get him released as the valet obviously has no intention of pressing charges. Marco goes to see Raymond, who tells him that another man from their unit, Allen Melvin, wrote to him describing the same nightmare Marco has been having. Marco has the man checked out and both of their recollections are so similar that Marco’s superiors agree something is wrong and give Marco the resources to investigate on his own.