
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.
Cast

Frank Sinatra
Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco

Laurence Harvey
Raymond Shaw

Angela Lansbury
Mrs. Iselin

Janet Leigh
Eugenie Rose Chaney

James Gregory
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin

Henry Silva
Chunjin

Leslie Parrish
Jocelyn Jordan

John McGiver
Sen. Thomas Jordan

Khigh Dhiegh
Dr. Yen Lo

James Edwards
Cpl. Allen Melvin

Douglas Henderson
Col. Milt

Albert Paulsen
Zilkov

Barry Kelley
Secretary of Defense

Lloyd Corrigan
Holborn Gaines

Madame Spivy
Female Berezovo

Bess Flowers
Gomel's Lady Counterpart (uncredited)

Leoda Richards
Woman at Press Confrence (uncredited)

Reggie Nalder
Gomel (uncredited)

Colin Kenny
Senator (uncredited)

Bert Stevens
Officer

Arthur Tovey
Second Reporter

Paul Frees
Narrator (voice)

Whit Bissell
Medical Officer

James Yagi
Chinese Officer (uncredited)

Tom Lowell
Pvt. Bobby Lembeck (uncredited)

Joe Adams
Psychiatrist
Merritt Bohn
Jilly
Robert Riordan
Benjamin K. Arthur
Raoul Freeman
Reporter (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Delegate (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Delegate (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Reporter (uncredited)
Crew

John Frankenheimer
Director, Producer

George Axelrod
Screenplay, Producer

Richard Condon
Novel
Ferris Webster
Editor
Carl Mahakian
Assistant Editor
Lionel Lindon
Director of Photography
Joseph C. Behm
Assistant Director
David Salven
Assistant Director
Read Killgore
Assistant Director

Howard W. Koch
Executive Producer
Gene Martell
Production Assistant
Richard Sylbert
Production Design
John Mehl
Camera Operator
Felix Barlow
Assistant Camera
Eugene Levitt
Assistant Camera
Morris Brown
Wardrobe Master
Ron Talsky
Wardrobe Master
Rose Viebeck
Wardrobe Master
Moss Mabry
Costume Design
Wesley Jeffries
Costumer
Angela Alexander
Wardrobe Specialized Technician
Mary Westmoreland
Hairstylist
Gene Shacove
Hairstylist
Ron Berkeley
Makeup Artist
Bernard Ponedel
Makeup Artist
Jack Freeman
Makeup Artist
Dorothy Parkinson
Makeup Artist
Philip M. Jefferies
Assistant Art Director, Art Direction
Del Harris
Sound Effects Editor
Joe Edmondson
Sound Mixer
Bill Flannery
Boom Operator
A. Paul Pollard
Special Effects

David Amram
Original Music Composer
Richard Carruth
Music Editor
Thom Conroy
Dialect Coach
George R. Nelson
Set Decoration
John M. Elliot
Set Dresser
Seymour Klate
Set Dresser
Joseph S. Toldy
Set Dresser
Lucius O. Croxton
Set Dresser
Richard Borland
Props
Gaylin P. Schultz
Props
Richard M. Rubin
Props
William Read Woodfield
Still Photographer
Bill Craemer
Still Photographer
Mollie Kent
Script Supervisor
Amalia Wade
Script Supervisor
Grace Dubray
Script Supervisor
Joe Gray
Stunts
John Indrisano
Stunt Coordinator
Beau Vanden Ecker
Stunt Coordinator
Gordon Doversola
Stunt Coordinator

Al Wyatt Sr.
Stunt Double

Robert "Buzz" Henry
Stunt Double
Arden Cripe
Property Master
Robert Campbell
Gaffer
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