The Manchurian Candidate - John Frankenheimer (1962)

I had heard about this movie, knew it had Frank Sinatra in it. I have also watched (recently) a documentary on Frankenheimer. So it was cool to have one of his films pop up on the list.

The film is really good. Very suspenseful and interesting and engaging. Angela Lansbury plays a cra-aaa-zy woman. (I am used to seeing her as Jessica Fletcher on 'Murder She Wrote').

Frankenheimer's background was pretty much TV directing - mostly plays to TV. And this is reflected in this movie. The story is told without any fancy camera angles or tricks. Which almost heightens the suspense and action of the film...since you forget you are watching a film and you get caught up in the characters. Just like you would watching a play.

One word to describe 'The Manchurian Candidate': Chilling