剧情介绍
约翰·弗兰肯海默导演的一流政治惊悚片。编导将冷战时代的政治讽刺与悬疑故事作出完美的结合，气氛紧凑逼人，极具戏剧张力。
故事背景是韩战之后的美国，劳伦斯·夏威返国时被当作战争英雄，荣获国会勋章，但他同一排的弟兄和他的排长法兰克·辛纳屈都不清楚他在战场上干了什么英勇行为？辛纳屈时常梦到韩战的奇怪景象，决定调查真相，终于发现他们那一排的人原来曾被北韩军队俘虏并加以洗脑，夏威已变成苏联派到美国作政治暗杀的洗脑杀手。
剧情发展溶合了写实幻想与象征，彼此交错进行，因此映象的处理亦十分复杂，有如一列不断在变速的火车，对于能够进入情况的观众是会看得很过瘾的。 Major Ben Marco (Frank Sinatra) is an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army. He served valiantly as a captain in the Korean war and his Sergeant, Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), even won the Medal of Honor. Marco has a major problem however: he has a recurring nightmare, one where two members of his squad are killed by Shaw. He's put on indefinite sick leave and visits Shaw in New York. Shaw for his part has established himself well, despite the misgivings of his domineering mother, Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin (Angela Lansbury). She is a red-baiter, accusing anyone who disagrees with her right-wing reactionary views of being a Communist. Raymond hates her, not only for how she's treated him but equally because of his step-father, the ineffectual U.S. Senator John Iselin (James Gregory), who is intent on seeking higher office. When Marco learns that others in his Korean War unit have nightmares similar to his own, he realizes that something happened to all of them in Korea and that Raymond Shaw is the focal point.
故事背景是韩战之后的美国，劳伦斯·夏威返国时被当作战争英雄，荣获国会勋章，但他同一排的弟兄和他的排长法兰克·辛纳屈都不清楚他在战场上干了什么英勇行为？辛纳屈时常梦到韩战的奇怪景象，决定调查真相，终于发现他们那一排的人原来曾被北韩军队俘虏并加以洗脑，夏威已变成苏联派到美国作政治暗杀的洗脑杀手。
剧情发展溶合了写实幻想与象征，彼此交错进行，因此映象的处理亦十分复杂，有如一列不断在变速的火车，对于能够进入情况的观众是会看得很过瘾的。 Major Ben Marco (Frank Sinatra) is an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army. He served valiantly as a captain in the Korean war and his Sergeant, Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), even won the Medal of Honor. Marco has a major problem however: he has a recurring nightmare, one where two members of his squad are killed by Shaw. He's put on indefinite sick leave and visits Shaw in New York. Shaw for his part has established himself well, despite the misgivings of his domineering mother, Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin (Angela Lansbury). She is a red-baiter, accusing anyone who disagrees with her right-wing reactionary views of being a Communist. Raymond hates her, not only for how she's treated him but equally because of his step-father, the ineffectual U.S. Senator John Iselin (James Gregory), who is intent on seeking higher office. When Marco learns that others in his Korean War unit have nightmares similar to his own, he realizes that something happened to all of them in Korea and that Raymond Shaw is the focal point.
电影结尾最骇人的地方还是来自上司的“妻子”
母亲的控制欲强于敌国？洗脑太扯。构图擅用政治人物画像。
《满洲候选人》里最为有趣的不是它对麦卡锡主义的揶揄，而是政治与心理层面的媾和。特别是以方片Q为代表的母亲形象，成为此时美国对共产主义恐慌症的绝佳象征。敌方意识形态的侵入以母体被污染的形式进行，潜意识里女性的花园聚会成了一把温柔刀。所以在异形和葫芦娃之前，牝鸡司晨的忧虑早就存在。而辛纳屈代表的理智父亲形象则是拯救一切的关键。
其实情节还算设计不错，脑洞也不小
以前看過的
如果没有那些莫名其妙的动作戏就更好了，詹妮特李神似摩纳哥王妃
揭露了麦卡锡主义对左派的迫害，提前预演了肯尼迪遇刺
三星半。虽然成片时代久远+刻板印象作祟，但当个软科幻片看，这个脑洞还是很值得玩味的……看似苏共洗脑的阴谋，实则亲子关系的PUA，双重反噬的结局，还真是精神胜利大法好。
Damn
始祖级政治惊悚片跟后世，尤其是后世那些被意大利政治电影改良过的片子还是有挺大不同的，极力做出的心理悬疑变体自具韵味。可惜的是故事最终的走向太保守和传统，消解了神秘感
双男主，劳伦斯·哈维演技小爆发，回忆场景恐怖（想到用妇人演很厉害），化妆舞会吊诡，林肯镜像辛辣讽刺，主题升华大可不必，母子关系探讨不差《惊魂记》
洗脑
给我整糊涂了……片子看到第十分钟我很确信这个剧情我太熟悉了肯定看过，但是演员和记忆又对不上号……看完一查，发现我上次看的是2004年的版本……真的亏大了！有什么比看电影下错版本更悲剧的事情啊天啦，真希望我可以消除脑子里2004版本的印象。这个老的版本对话诙谐氛围有着黑白老片子特有的质感我很喜欢……
每个角色脸上都有着噩梦初醒时的疲惫和满脸虚汗，一部真正意义上的政治惊悚片。
那个遇到前女友的大queen 终于在操控下顺从了一次内心所想 那个杀完岳父和妻子后留着眼泪走在夜色的镜头好美