Manchurian Candidate

[whitehall]

Sinatra was great in the original movie but why in the world did they pick Brit born Laurence Harvey as a grunt Korean Soldier? The convoluted plot focused on the conduct of a loudmouth anti-Communist senator who was actually a tool of the communist propaganda regime.

 

[Concerned American]

Sinatra was great in the original movie but why in the world did they pick Brit born Laurence Harvey as a grunt Korean Soldier? The convoluted plot focused on the conduct of a loudmouth anti-Communist senator who was actually a tool of the communist propaganda regime.

We've been watching the Manchurian Candidate for the past 3 1/2 years. Part 2 coming in Nov. if Heels Up gets installed.

 

[g5000]

Sinatra was great in the original movie but why in the world did they pick Brit born Laurence Harvey as a grunt Korean Soldier? The convoluted plot focused on the conduct of a loudmouth anti-Communist senator who was actually a tool of the communist propaganda regime.

What the hell are you talking about?

Harvey played Raymond Shaw, not a Korean soldier.

And he was born in Lithuania, not the UK.

 

[g5000]

Interesting fact. Angela Lansbury was only three years older than Laurence Harvey when she played his mother in The Manchurian Candidate.

 

[whitehall]

What the hell are you talking about?

Harvey played Raymond Shaw, not a Korean soldier.

And he was born in Lithuania, not the UK.

My bad. I should have added that the Shaw character was a U.S. Army Korean war soldier not a Korean. Lithuania or U.K., he had an awkward British accent that didn't resonate as a U.S. Sergeant.

 

[g5000]

My bad. I should have added that the Shaw character was a U.S. Army Korean war soldier not a Korean. Lithuania or U.K., he had an awkward British accent that didn't resonate as a U.S. Sergeant.

Method acting wasn't yet a thing back then.

Another fun thing to watch in that movie is the martial arts fighting compared to the kind you see in action movies these days.

Frank Sinatra, kung-fu master!

 

[whitehall]

Method acting wasn't yet a thing back then.

Another fun thing to watch in that movie is the martial arts fighting compared to the kind you see in action movies these days.

Frank Sinatra, kung-fu master!

The Sinatra character got his ass kicked by the Korean character but Shaw was a typical U.S. Soldier. It seems that method acting was the thing back then.

 

[whitehall]

Hollywood managed to portray the Communist menace as the enemy but at the same time a "republican" senator was the heart of the conspiracy. As preposterous as the plot was it still resonates as a classic suspense movie.

 

[Flopper]

Sinatra was great in the original movie but why in the world did they pick Brit born Laurence Harvey as a grunt Korean Soldier? The convoluted plot focused on the conduct of a loudmouth anti-Communist senator who was actually a tool of the communist propaganda regime.

I really enjoyed the motive. I saw it in Washington D.C. the night before I had an interview with the NSA. I though Laurence Harvey was an excellent choice for the roll.