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Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.
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Grave, earnest, meticulous and bleak.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Frank SinatraCapt./Maj. Bennett Marco
- Laurence HarveyRaymond Shaw
- Angela LansburyMrs. Iselin
- Janet LeighEugenie Rose Chaney
- James GregorySen. John Yerkes Iselin
- Henry SilvaChunjin
- Leslie ParrishJocelyn Jordan
- John McGiverSen. Thomas Jordan
- Khigh DhieghDr. Yen Lo
- James EdwardsCpl. Allen Melvin
Crew
- John FrankenheimerDirector
- George AxelrodScreenplay
- Richard CondonNovel
- Lionel LindonDirector of Photography
- David AmramOriginal Music Composer
- Ferris WebsterEditor
- George AxelrodProducer
- John FrankenheimerProducer
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