"Manchurian Candidate." Best film with Angela Lansbury.

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She is wife to a Joe McCarthy-like US Senator, egging him on. But she actually is a communist and part of conspiracy to have her son assassinate the Presidential candidate at the convention.
 
She is wife to a Joe McCarthy-like US Senator, egging him on. But she actually is a communist and part of conspiracy to have her son assassinate the Presidential candidate at the convention.

Yeah, but having the assassin be her son was not part of the original deal. The communists screwed her...having the son be the assassin was a surprise to her.

Terrific picture, by the way. I'd certainly put it in my list of 25 top favorites.
 
It was also one of my least favorite Frank Sinatra films.

Along with Rocky Marciano and Ted Williams, Frank was one of my childhood idols--just for his quintessential coolness.
Ted wasn't even Italian--he was a WASP / Mexican half-breed...but he had the most perfect batting stroke of all time.
Joe DiMaggio WAS Italian but couldn't hit with Ted. He just played for a stronger team.

Have I pulled the thread far enough out of the baseline?
 
If we thwart the communists but allow republicans positions of power, we've gained nothing toward maintaining a livable nation.
 
I don't think that is correct. She actually uses her son to murder Senator Jordan and his own fiancé.

Yeah, she did. But I remember a speech she made that she was going to rain down fire and fury on the people who chose her son to be brainwashed into becoming the assassin.

Tried to find it, but couldn't. May try again later.
 
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