The Manchurian Candidate

John: So I’m not going to do this too often, but I’m going to do it this time.

Which is, I’m going to recommend a movie.

But it’s not a movie you can just go see, and it’s not out. It’s a movie you’re going to have to track down, or you’re going to have to get Turner Classic Movies. They just played it recently. I saw it again for about the fifth time. And I have to say, this movie is important to listeners of this particular show.

Adam: Let me guess: The Internationalist.

John: No, that’s a good movie. I like that movie. Okay, no, no, no. No, that wasn’t the one.

It’s The Manchurian Candidate.

Adam: Ooh, and that’s from the 60s?

John: Yeah. But it’s such an outstanding movie, with Angela Lansbury playing the heavy. She plays a character who’s basically Hillary Clinton. And she’s such a good actress. You think of her as some sort of goofball actress doing Murder, She Wrote or whatever. No, no, she was a solid actress, and she plays a very nasty character in this movie. But it’s starring Frank Sinatra.

But this movie — and I’ve seen it and seen it and seen it — It’s a fabulous film, and people should find a way to watch it or find a way to track a copy down. Even if you have to download it, just get a copy of this and watch it.

Adam: It’s a fabulous film, I tell you. It’s not a film, John, it is cinema.

I mean, the troll room was guessing Debbie Does Dallas and all kinds of other films. But no, no one expected to hear The Manchurian Candidate.