..because he forgot to kill me...It emphasized the film""s uncompromising and grim story of an iron-willed, driven, dedicated, honest, incorruptible homicide detective (Glenn Ford) within a crooked and perverted society that is corrupt system at all levels (e.Plot SynopsisAfter the credits that feature each of the stars against a black background, an opening title card provides a disclaimer from Warner Bros.They ask if he has any "axe to grind" or pet project that would be good for the country, such as a "Save the Buffaloes" campaign or a pension bill.In the Fitts home that evening, the passive and delusional Barbara and the Colonel watchedThis Is The Army (1943), an old Ronald Reagan military movie on television.BackgroundThe Manchurian Candidate(1962) is director-producer John Frankenheimer""s prophetically tragic, chilling, brilliant, blackish (film-noirish) Cold War thriller about brain-washing, conspiracy, the dangers of international Communism, McCarthyism, assassination, and political intrigue.