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THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
July 18, 2013  | By David Bianculli

TCM, 9:45 p.m. ET

 

This 1962 thriller, directed by John Frankenheimer, is as gripping, perplexing, surprising and ultimately unsettling as any modern conspiracy-theory drama. Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey play two former POWs who suffer from a severe case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, for a very good reason. And Angela Lansbury, as one of the women in their lives, deserves very special mention for her very memorable performance. It’s one of four films tonight selected by the evening’s guest programmer, the excellent writer and critic Frank Rich. Others: 1942’s The Palm Beach Story (at 8 p.m. ET), 1939’s The Rules of the Game (midnight ET) and 1968’s Petulia (2 a.m. ET).

 
 
 
 
 
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