James Gregory as Senator John Iselin
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James Gregory’s Senator John Iselin is a bombastic, McCarthy-like demagogue whose paranoid anti-communist crusade drives much of the political menace in the 1962 film "The Manchurian Candidate."
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalCharacterPortrayal
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filmRole ⓘ |
| allyInStory | Eleanor Iselin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Manchurian Candidate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
McCarthyism
ⓘ
RedScare NERFINISHED ⓘ antiCommunistHysteria ⓘ paranoia ⓘ politicalManipulation ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceMaterial | Richard Condon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Manchurian Candidate (1959 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterName | Senator John Iselin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTraits |
bombastic
ⓘ
demagogic ⓘ paranoid ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| directedBy | John Frankenheimer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drivesPlotElement |
antiCommunistCrusade
ⓘ
riseOfAuthoritarianPolitics ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| genre |
politicalThriller
ⓘ
psychologicalThriller ⓘ |
| ideologyInStory | extremeAntiCommunism ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Joseph McCarthy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inUniverseConcern | communistInfiltrationOfGovernment ⓘ |
| inUniverseOccupation | Senator ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | featureFilm ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
politicalAntagonist
ⓘ
sourceOfPoliticalMenace ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconicPoliticalVillainPerformance
ⓘ
satiricalPortrayalOfMcCarthyism ⓘ |
| opposesInStory |
Major Bennett Marco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raymond Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | The Manchurian Candidate (film series/brand) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliationInStory | RepublicanParty (implied) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalRoleInStory | United States Senator ⓘ |
| portrayalStyle |
exaggeratedDemagoguery
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | James Gregory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipInStory | husbandOfEleanorIselin ⓘ |
| setIn | United StatesPolitics ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | ColdWar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfFilmRelease | October 1962 ⓘ |
| usedAs | toolForPoliticalPowerByEleanorIselin ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)