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Almost certainly not a deliberate allusion


* ActorAllusion: In the hotel scene, the soldiers have been brainwashed by Dr. Yen Lo to believe they are waiting out a storm in New Jersey (which the placard for the "flower club" reads as Spring Lake Hotel), while they are actually being displayed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the brainwashing to an audience of Communist officials. American actor Khigh Dhiegh who plays Dr. Lo was born in Spring Lake, New Jersey.

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* FiveFiveFive: The prefix for Rosie's phone number, "[=ELdorado=] 5", was at the time a phone company test number that gave a busy signal.



* FiveFiveFive: The prefix for Rosie's phone number, "[=ELdorado=] 5", was at the time a phone company test number that gave a busy signal.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Laurence Harvey certainly sounds like he's not trying to sound like an American, but on the DVDCommentary, Creator/JohnFrankenheimer said that Harvey was coached to put on an American accent and he thought it was very convincing. He also claimed that he felt Kennedy's Bahston accent would justify any English-ness in Harvey's voice, so he probably just had a tin ear for accents. Harvey's accent is all the more jarring in that his character is supposed to be an all-American war hero, though it does help emphasize his unlikeable qualities. Creator/AngelaLansbury, sounds exactly the same as in any other role. It's especially apparent when Lansbury and Harvey are in the same scene.

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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Laurence Harvey certainly sounds like he's not trying to sound like an American, but on the DVDCommentary, Creator/JohnFrankenheimer said that Harvey was coached to put on an American accent and he thought it was very convincing. He also claimed that he felt Kennedy's Bahston accent would justify any English-ness in Harvey's voice, so he probably just had a tin ear for accents. Harvey's accent is all the more jarring in that his character is supposed to be an all-American war hero, though it does help emphasize his unlikeable qualities. Creator/AngelaLansbury, Creator/AngelaLansbury sounds exactly the same as in any other role. It's especially apparent when Lansbury and Harvey are in the same scene.



--->'''Raymond:''' [''surreptitiously to Marco, while answering the phone''] It's my Anerican operator. [''resuming to the phone''] Yes, [[spoiler:mother]].

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--->'''Raymond:''' [''surreptitiously to Marco, while answering the phone''] It's my Anerican American operator. [''resuming to the phone''] Yes, [[spoiler:mother]].
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* GenderNeutralWriting: Descriptions of [[spoiler:Raymond's operator, his own mother]] are very careful to avoid any gendered pronouns to disguise their identity.

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* GenderNeutralWriting: GenderConcealingWriting: Descriptions of [[spoiler:Raymond's operator, his own mother]] are very careful to avoid any gendered pronouns to disguise their identity.

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* ArtisticLicensePolitics: Johnny Iselin would not automatically become the party’s nominee for president because he was the choice for running mate of the presidential candidate.

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* ArtisticLicensePolitics: ArtisticLicensePolitics:
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Johnny Iselin would not automatically become the party’s nominee for president because he was the choice for running mate of the presidential candidate. (Although given the circumstances of Eleanor's plot, it would be highly likely.)
** Sen. Jordan says he will make a move on the Senate for the "impeachment" of Iselin, then Iselin does the same to him soon after. Senators are not impeached, they are expelled. (Presidents are impeached.)

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Raymond's mind control trigger is a queen of diamonds playing card. Guess what his LoveInterest Jocelyn Jordan dresses as for the costume party?
** Oddly enough, though the costume's appearance is contrived in the script and the book, the particular costume that was used was in fact a coincidence: it had been created for a TV production of ''The Snows of Kilimanjaro''.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: ContrivedCoincidence:
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Raymond's mind control trigger is a queen of diamonds playing card. Guess what his LoveInterest Jocelyn Jordan dresses as for the costume party?
** Oddly enough, though Raymond is drinking in a bar when a bartender just happens to utter the costume's appearance is contrived in trigger phrase "Why don't you pass the script and time by playing a little solitaire?" as part of a completely unrelated discussion. Then the book, the particular costume bartender says something that was used was Raymond interprets as a command, "go jump in a lake", which Raymond does. If that's not enough all this happens just as Marco has come to meet Raymond at the bar. The fact a coincidence: that this happens and that Marco is there to see it had been created for a TV production is how the good guys figure out the nature of ''The Snows of Kilimanjaro''.the conspiracy.



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%%* * DownerEnding: "Hell... hell..."". This is how the 1962 film ends, as Marco looks out the window at the rain and thinks about how he was unable to save Raymond, who killed his controllers and then himself to stop the conspiracy.



** RealitySubtext: In an introduction to a later edition of the novel, [[WordOfGod Richard Condon]] said he remembered reading an editorial which read something to the effect of, "If Joe [=McCarthy=] were a paid Soviet agent, he could not do more to harm this country than he's doing now," and started to wonder, "What if he really *was*?" %% This could become HilariousInHindsight depending on what we find out about our 45th President.

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** RealitySubtext: In an introduction to a later edition of the novel, [[WordOfGod Richard Condon]] said he remembered reading an editorial which read something to the effect of, "If Joe [=McCarthy=] were a paid Soviet agent, he could not do more to harm this country than he's doing now," and started to wonder, "What if he really *was*?" %% This could become HilariousInHindsight depending on what we find out about our 45th President.*was*?"
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* CatapultNightmare: 1962 film.

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* CatapultNightmare: Ben Marco and Al Melvin in the 1962 film.film, both after seeing Raymond Shaw commit murder in their nightmares.
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It Was His Sled has been amended. It remains YMMV. Cleaning up wicks. See TRS for more info https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1641397409021796600


* RealAwardFictionalCharacter: Sgt. Raymond Prentiss Shaw is awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing his platoon. Perhaps a case of ItWasHisSled, but [[spoiler:the action never happened, they were kidnapped and brainwashed, and Captain Marco was brainwashed into nominating him for the Medal.]]

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* RealAwardFictionalCharacter: Sgt. Raymond Prentiss Shaw is awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing his platoon. Perhaps a case of ItWasHisSled, but [[spoiler:the [[spoiler:The action never happened, they were kidnapped and brainwashed, and Captain Marco was brainwashed into nominating him for the Medal.]]
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* PlayingGertrude: Angela Lansbury was only 37 years old (three years older than Laurence Harvey) at the time. Averted in the remake, where Meryl Streep (55) plays the mother of Liev Schreiber (37).
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** Played with for Corporal Melvin. This was one of the first movies that acknowledged that the army was integrated in Korea and used a black man in a role that would’ve certainly gone to a white man in any other movie at that time. However in his nightmare where he thinks he is at a ladies flower club he sees all the women as being black indicating that he’s accustomed to a segregated world otherwise.
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* ArtisticLicensePolitics: Johnny Iselin would not automatically become the party’s nominee for president because he was the choice for running mate of the presidential candidate.
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Rosie is played by then A-Lister Janet Leigh and is prominently billed. Her introductory scene is very bizarre and seems to suggest that she’s the American handler Dr. Lo mentions. But in the end she has absolutely zero plot relevance.]]
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it's not really that confusing. in that era there was a big fissure in the Republican Party between the more moderate/liberal wing represented by Eisenhower and Nelson Rockefeller and the conservatives like Goldwater, Nixon, and Joe Mc Carthy. Iselin and Jordan being from opposite wings of the party would be rivals for leadership and would naturally hate each other.


*** What makes the 1962 version a bit more confusing is that, while the Iselins are most likely Republicans (what with all the busts of Abraham Lincoln, Sen. Iselin being based on Republican Senator UsefulNotes/JosephMcCarthy, and all the anti-Communist rhetoric), Senator Jordan, a political enemy of the Iselins who they once accused of being a Communist publicly, is in the SAME PARTY if his influence at the Convention is anything to go by. Does that make the Iselins conservative Democrats, even though they're northerners and it's the late fifties/early sixties? Or does it make Jordan a liberal New Deal Republican a'la Fiorello La Guardia or Thomas E. Dewey?
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Implied in both film versions; [[spoiler:Jocelyn's murder and the devastation it inflicted on Raymond, even with no memory of having done it,]] was Eleanor's biggest blunder, as it became the first crack that started breaking the "linkages" permanently.
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** The 1962 film's revealing of Raymond's American handler:
--->'''Raymond:''' [''surreptitiously to Marco, while answering the phone''] It's my Anerican operator. [''resuming to the phone''] Yes, [[spoiler:mother]].
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* OhCrap: Epic ones by Eleanor in both films; a split-second glimpse of her reaction in the 1962 version, and a very slow and drawn-out moment for her in the 2004 film; in both versions she realizes Raymond has broken through his brainwashing.

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** BiggerBad: In the end the BigBad is a puppet of the communist conspiracy and of Dr. Lo in particular. [[spoiler: Eleanor, while an abusive parent and communist spy, was genuinely horrified when she found out what they'd done to her son.]]



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* BadBoss: The Soviet spymaster for the eastern United States, Zilkov, wants to run a test to make sure Raymond is still capable of carrying out assassinations. Dr. Yen Lo suggests they have him murder one of Zilkov's own staff to minimize risk, which Zilkov says he would happily accept, but [[PragmaticVillainy his organization is presently under acceptable strength as it is and he can't spare anyone.]]
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During UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar, Captain Bennett Marco and Sergeant Raymond Shaw are part of a U.S. infantry platoon that gets captured and taken to UsefulNotes/{{Manchuria}}, where they are brainwashed to believe that Shaw saved their lives in combat. Upon their return to the United States, Shaw is given the Medal of Honor on Marco's recommendation.

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During UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar, Captain Bennett Marco and Sergeant Raymond Shaw are part of a U.S. infantry platoon that gets captured and taken to UsefulNotes/{{Manchuria}}, where they are brainwashed to believe into believing that Shaw saved their lives in combat. Upon their return to the United States, Shaw is given the Medal of Honor on Marco's recommendation.
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During UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar, Captain Bennett Marco and Sergeant Raymond Shaw are part of a U.S. infantry platoon that gets captured and taken to Manchuria, where they are brainwashed to believe that Shaw saved their lives in combat. Upon their return to the United States, Shaw is given the Medal of Honor on Marco's recommendation.

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During UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar, Captain Bennett Marco and Sergeant Raymond Shaw are part of a U.S. infantry platoon that gets captured and taken to Manchuria, UsefulNotes/{{Manchuria}}, where they are brainwashed to believe that Shaw saved their lives in combat. Upon their return to the United States, Shaw is given the Medal of Honor on Marco's recommendation.
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Years later Marco, now an intelligence officer, starts suffering from a recurring nightmare in which Shaw murders two of his comrades while Chinese and Russian officers look on. When Marco learns that another soldier from the platoon has been suffering from the same nightmare, he sets to uncovering the mystery... and makes a terrifying discovery. Shaw is being used as a sleeper agent for the Communists, who've programmed him as a guiltless assassin, subconsciously activated with a particular trigger: the Queen of Diamonds in a deck of cards. Thus activated, he kills the target, then immediately forgets about having done so. Shaw's controller is his own mother, who is working with the Communists to quietly overthrow the United States government via a "Manchurian candidate": her husband John Iselin, a Red-baiting senator who has been chosen as running mate for the leading presidential candidate (the plan being that Shaw will assassinate said candidate at the party's convention, thereby allowing Iselin to capture the nomination, and ultimately the White House, in the ensuing crisis). Marco is eventually able to break Shaw's programming using a deck of cards entirely composed of the Queen of Diamonds.

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Years later Marco, now an intelligence officer, starts suffering from a recurring nightmare in which Shaw murders two of his their comrades while Chinese and Russian officers look on. When Marco learns that another soldier from the platoon has been suffering from the same nightmare, he sets to uncovering the mystery... and makes a terrifying discovery. Shaw is being used as a sleeper agent for the Communists, who've programmed him as a guiltless assassin, subconsciously activated with a particular trigger: the Queen of Diamonds in a deck of cards. Thus activated, he kills the target, then immediately forgets about having done so. Shaw's controller is his own mother, who is working with the Communists to quietly overthrow the United States government via a "Manchurian candidate": her husband John Iselin, a Red-baiting senator who has been chosen as running mate for the leading presidential candidate (the plan being that Shaw will assassinate said candidate at the party's convention, thereby allowing Iselin to capture the nomination, and ultimately the White House, in the ensuing crisis). Marco is eventually able to break Shaw's programming using a deck of cards entirely composed of the Queen of Diamonds.
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Years later Marco, now an intelligence officer, starts suffering from a recurring nightmare in which Shaw murders two of his comrades while Chinese and Russian officers look on. When Marco learns that another soldier from the platoon has been suffering from the same nightmare, he sets to uncovering the mystery... and makes a terrifying discovery. Shaw is being used as a sleeper agent for the Communists, programmed as a guiltless assassin, subconsciously activated with a particular trigger: the Queen of Diamonds in a deck of cards. Thus, he is activated, kills the target, and immediately forgets. Shaw's controller is his own mother, who is working with the Communists in order to quietly overthrow the United States government via a "Manchurian candidate": her husband John Iselin, a Red-baiting US Senator who's been chosen as running mate for a presidential candidate (the plan being that Shaw will assassinate said candidate at the party's national convention, thereby allowing Iselin to capture the nomination and then the White House in the ensuing crisis). Shaw's programming is eventually broken by Marco using a deck of cards entirely composed of the Queen of Diamonds.

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Years later Marco, now an intelligence officer, starts suffering from a recurring nightmare in which Shaw murders two of his comrades while Chinese and Russian officers look on. When Marco learns that another soldier from the platoon has been suffering from the same nightmare, he sets to uncovering the mystery... and makes a terrifying discovery. Shaw is being used as a sleeper agent for the Communists, who've programmed him as a guiltless assassin, subconsciously activated with a particular trigger: the Queen of Diamonds in a deck of cards. Thus, he is Thus activated, he kills the target, and then immediately forgets. forgets about having done so. Shaw's controller is his own mother, who is working with the Communists in order to quietly overthrow the United States government via a "Manchurian candidate": her husband John Iselin, a Red-baiting US Senator who's senator who has been chosen as running mate for a the leading presidential candidate (the plan being that Shaw will assassinate said candidate at the party's national convention, thereby allowing Iselin to capture the nomination nomination, and then ultimately the White House House, in the ensuing crisis). Marco is eventually able to break Shaw's programming is eventually broken by Marco using a deck of cards entirely composed of the Queen of Diamonds.
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During UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar, Captain Bennett Marco and Sergeant Raymond Shaw are part of a U.S. infantry platoon that gets captured and taken to Manchuria, where they are brainwashed to believe that Shaw saved their lives in combat. Upon being returned to the United States, Shaw is given the Medal of Honor on Marco's recommendation.

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During UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar, Captain Bennett Marco and Sergeant Raymond Shaw are part of a U.S. infantry platoon that gets captured and taken to Manchuria, where they are brainwashed to believe that Shaw saved their lives in combat. Upon being returned their return to the United States, Shaw is given the Medal of Honor on Marco's recommendation.
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During UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar, Captain Bennett Marco and Sergeant Raymond Shaw were part of a platoon that was captured in 1952. They are taken to Manchuria, and are brainwashed to believe that Sgt. Shaw saved their lives in combat for which the Army awards him the Medal of Honor.

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During UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar, Captain Bennett Marco and Sergeant Raymond Shaw were are part of a U.S. infantry platoon that was gets captured in 1952. They are and taken to Manchuria, and where they are brainwashed to believe that Sgt. Shaw saved their lives in combat for which combat. Upon being returned to the Army awards him United States, Shaw is given the Medal of Honor.
Honor on Marco's recommendation.
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Years later Marco, now an intelligence officer, starts suffering from a recurring nightmare in which Shaw murders two of his comrades while Chinese and Russian officers look on. When Marco learns that another soldier from the platoon has been suffering from the same nightmare, he sets to uncovering the mystery... and makes a terrifying discovery. Shaw is being used as a sleeper agent for the Communists, programmed as a guiltless assassin, subconsciously activated with a particular trigger: the Queen of Diamonds in a deck of cards. Thus, he is activated, kills the target, and immediately forgets. Shaw's controller is his own mother, who is working with the Communists in order to quietly overthrow the United States government via a "Manchurian candidate": her husband John Iselin, a Red-baiting U.S. Senator who has been chosen as the running mate for a Republican presidential candidate (the plan being that Shaw will assassinate said candidate at the party's convention, resulting in Iselin capturing the nomination and then the White House). Shaw's programming is eventually broken by Marco using a deck of cards entirely composed of the Queen of Diamonds.

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Years later Marco, now an intelligence officer, starts suffering from a recurring nightmare in which Shaw murders two of his comrades while Chinese and Russian officers look on. When Marco learns that another soldier from the platoon has been suffering from the same nightmare, he sets to uncovering the mystery... and makes a terrifying discovery. Shaw is being used as a sleeper agent for the Communists, programmed as a guiltless assassin, subconsciously activated with a particular trigger: the Queen of Diamonds in a deck of cards. Thus, he is activated, kills the target, and immediately forgets. Shaw's controller is his own mother, who is working with the Communists in order to quietly overthrow the United States government via a "Manchurian candidate": her husband John Iselin, a Red-baiting U.S. US Senator who has who's been chosen as the running mate for a Republican presidential candidate (the plan being that Shaw will assassinate said candidate at the party's national convention, resulting in thereby allowing Iselin capturing to capture the nomination and then the White House).House in the ensuing crisis). Shaw's programming is eventually broken by Marco using a deck of cards entirely composed of the Queen of Diamonds.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Raymond's mind control trigger is a queen of diamonds playing card. Guess what his LoveInterest Jocie Jordan dresses as for the costume party?
** Oddly enough, though the costume's appearance is contrived in the script and the book, the particular costume that was used was in fact a coincidence: it had been created for a TV production of The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Raymond's mind control trigger is a queen of diamonds playing card. Guess what his LoveInterest Jocie Jocelyn Jordan dresses as for the costume party?
** Oddly enough, though the costume's appearance is contrived in the script and the book, the particular costume that was used was in fact a coincidence: it had been created for a TV production of The ''The Snows of Kilimanjaro.Kilimanjaro''.
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The 1962 film, directed by Creator/JohnFrankenheimer, stars Music/FrankSinatra as Marco and Creator/LaurenceHarvey as Shaw. Creator/AngelaLansbury plays Shaw's mother Eleanor Iselin. It is a very faithful adaptation of the novel, with much of the dialogue taken straight from the book.

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The 1962 film, directed by Creator/JohnFrankenheimer, stars Music/FrankSinatra as Marco and Creator/LaurenceHarvey as Shaw. Creator/AngelaLansbury plays Shaw's mother Eleanor Iselin.Iselin, while Creator/JanetLeigh plays Marco's love interest Rosie Cheyney. It is a very faithful adaptation of the novel, with much of the dialogue taken straight from the book.
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Years later Marco, now an intelligence officer, starts suffering from a recurring nightmare in which Shaw murders two of his comrades while Chinese and Russian officers look on. When Marco learns that another soldier from the platoon has been suffering from the same nightmare, he sets to uncovering the mystery... and makes a terrifying discovery. Shaw is being used as a sleeper agent for the Communists, programmed as a guiltless assassin, subconsciously activated with a particular trigger: the Queen of Diamonds in a deck of cards. Thus, he is activated, kills the target, and immediately forgets. Shaw's controller is his own mother, who is working with the Communists in order to quietly overthrow the United States government with her Manchurian Candidate. His programming is eventually broken by Marco using a deck of cards entirely composed of the Queen of Diamonds.

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Years later Marco, now an intelligence officer, starts suffering from a recurring nightmare in which Shaw murders two of his comrades while Chinese and Russian officers look on. When Marco learns that another soldier from the platoon has been suffering from the same nightmare, he sets to uncovering the mystery... and makes a terrifying discovery. Shaw is being used as a sleeper agent for the Communists, programmed as a guiltless assassin, subconsciously activated with a particular trigger: the Queen of Diamonds in a deck of cards. Thus, he is activated, kills the target, and immediately forgets. Shaw's controller is his own mother, who is working with the Communists in order to quietly overthrow the United States government with via a "Manchurian candidate": her Manchurian Candidate. His husband John Iselin, a Red-baiting U.S. Senator who has been chosen as the running mate for a Republican presidential candidate (the plan being that Shaw will assassinate said candidate at the party's convention, resulting in Iselin capturing the nomination and then the White House). Shaw's programming is eventually broken by Marco using a deck of cards entirely composed of the Queen of Diamonds.






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Years later Marco, now an intelligence officer, starts suffering from a recurring nightmare in which Shaw murders two of his comrades while Chinese and Russian officers look on. When Marco learns that another soldier from the platoon has been suffering the same nightmare, he sets to uncovering the mystery... and makes a terrifying discovery. Shaw is being used as a sleeper agent for the Communists, programmed as a guiltless assassin, subconsciously activated with a particular trigger: the Queen of Diamonds in a deck of cards. Thus, he is activated, kills the target, and immediately forgets. Shaw's controller is his own mother, who is working with the Communists in order to quietly overthrow the United States government with her Manchurian Candidate. His programming is eventually broken by Marco using a deck of cards entirely composed of the Queen of Diamonds.

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Years later Marco, now an intelligence officer, starts suffering from a recurring nightmare in which Shaw murders two of his comrades while Chinese and Russian officers look on. When Marco learns that another soldier from the platoon has been suffering from the same nightmare, he sets to uncovering the mystery... and makes a terrifying discovery. Shaw is being used as a sleeper agent for the Communists, programmed as a guiltless assassin, subconsciously activated with a particular trigger: the Queen of Diamonds in a deck of cards. Thus, he is activated, kills the target, and immediately forgets. Shaw's controller is his own mother, who is working with the Communists in order to quietly overthrow the United States government with her Manchurian Candidate. His programming is eventually broken by Marco using a deck of cards entirely composed of the Queen of Diamonds.

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