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.
Frank Sinatra | Major Bennett Marco | |
Laurence Harvey | Raymond Shaw | |
Janet Leigh | Eugenie Rose Chaney | |
Angela Lansbury | Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin | |
Henry Silva | Chunjin | |
James Gregory | Senator John Yerkes Iselin | |
Leslie Parrish | Jocelyn Jordan | |
John McGiver | Senator Thomas Jordan | |
Khigh Dhiegh | Dr. Yen Lo | |
James Edwards | Corporal Allen Melvin | |
Douglas Henderson | Colonel Milt | |
Albert Paulsen | Zilkov | |
Barry Kelley | Secretary of Defense | |
Lloyd Corrigan | Holborn Gaines | |
Madame Spivy | Female Berezovo | |
Joe Adams | Psychiatrist | |
Alyce Allen | Woman | |
Benjie Bancroft | Chauffeur | |
Frank Basso | Photographer | |
Mary Benoit | Woman in Lobby | |
Jack Berle | Reporter | |
Whit Bissell | Medical Officer | |
Nicky Blair | Silvers | |
Merritt Bohn | Jilly | |
Nick Bolin | Berezovo |
Director | John Frankenheimer | |
Writer | Richard Condon, George Axelrod, John Frankenheimer | |
Producer | George Axelrod, John Frankenheimer, Howard W. Koch | |
Musician | David Amram | |
Photography | Lionel Lindon |