The Manchurian Candidate/Tony Rome/The Detective

Triple bill of 1960s thrillers starring Frank Sinatra. In 'The Manchurian Candidate' (1962), Major Marco (Sinatra) is haunted by a recurring dream after returning from service in Korea, in which Congressional Medal of Honor hero Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) appears to kill two of his unit in front of an audience of Korean and Russian officials. Working for Intelligence, Marco eventually discovers that Shaw has become the unwitting pawn in a Communist conspiracy to kill an American presidential candidate. However, discovering this is one thing, the question is whether he can be stopped in time. This acclaimed satirical thriller was withdrawn from release by Sinatra after the assassination of President Kennedy and only became available again years later. In 'Tony Rome', Sinatra stars as the eponymous tough Miami PI living on a houseboat who is hired by a local millionaire to find a diamond pin stolen from his daughter. In the process of recovering the jewellery, he has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami Beach PD. Based on the novel by Roderick Thorpe, 'The Detective' sees Sinatra in the role of tough-as-nails Detective Joe Leland. Called in to investigate the murder of Teddy Leikman (James Inman), the homosexual son of a well-connected department store mogul, Leland executes an open-and-shut investigation. He quickly elicits a confession from Teddy's crazy roommate, and the defendant is convicted and executed while Leland scores a promotion. But when the widow of an accountant seeks out the Detective to look into the circumstances of her husband's death, Leland uncovers some startling evidence implicating a corrupt New York City political machine.

Actor: Jim Inman
Actor: Robert J. Wilke
Actor: Robert Duvall
Actor: Jill St. John
Actor: Frank Sinatra
Actor: Jeffrey Lynn
Actor: James Gregory
Actor: William Windom
Actor: Jack Klugman
Actor: Richard Conte
Actor: John McGiver
Director: Gordon Douglas
Actor: Tony Musante
Actor: Jacqueline Bisset
Actor: Janet Leigh
Actor: Simon Oakland
Actor: Leslie Parrish
Actor: Angela Lansbury
Actor: Lloyd Bochner
Actor: Al Freedman
Actor: Douglas Henderson
Actor: Ralph Meeker
Actor: Laurence Harvey
Actor: James Edwards
Actor: Virginia Vincent
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Producer: George Axelrod
Writer: George Axelrod
Writer: Richard L. Breen
Director: John Frankenheimer
Producer: John Frankenheimer
Actor: Joan Shawlee
Writer: Abby Mann
Actor: Gena Rowlands
Music: Billy May
Producer: Aaron Rosenberg
Music: David Amram
Actor: Lee Remick
Actor: Henry Silva