Politics and Hypnosis in "The Manchurian Candidate"
much bitterness and anguish at his loveless and lonely life. These two people resurface, only to be unwitting parties to even more cruel acts against them, to put it mildly. No other character or actor could say the words Harvey says about his past without sounding a bit ridiculous, but he gets away with it, because we know this is the most he has come to expressing himself fully. Lansbury is great as well, and a surprise to those who only know her as her beloved Jessica Fletcher. With this movie and her performance in Gaslight, Lansbury proved she could play decidedly nasty roles.
Overall, The Manchurian Candidate is a powerful political thriller, and painful proof that they just don`t make them like they used to.
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