The Manchurian Candidate--the original, not the sequal

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What is up with Janet Leigh's character? Are we meant to think or suspect that she's Sinatra's "American Operator"? That exchange between her and Sinatra on the train is so bizarre, and his glazed and distant expression and monotone responses are so like Shaw's solitaire-induced robotics.... At first, having seen the film before and knowing generally how it would turn out, I thought maybe that exchange was a red herring, seting us up for the surprise of Lansbury as commie dominatrix after. But Leigh so quickly enters Sinatra's life (isn't she live-in towards the end?), esp. after their strange meeting on the train.... Is this an intended loose end? Though Shaw did all the killing during their programming session, could the others be sleepers as well?

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Topic - The Manchurian Candidate--the original, not the sequal - Bulkington 09:15:32 07/26/04 (6)

She's not an "operative"... - C.B. 06:09:44 07/27/04 (3)

I think you're probably right - Bulkington 07:28:05 07/27/04 (2)

The exchange on the train... - Harmonia 16:29:56 07/27/04 (0)

Re: A good remake - rico 08:46:58 07/27/04 (0)

Man, I've got to watch that one again - mishmashmusic 10:48:50 07/26/04 (1)

Ditto - Buckeye 10:53:41 07/26/04 (0)

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