John Frankenheimer, who made a film about him, said he was a Faust, a tragic figure who sold his soul.

ECONOMIST: George Wallace

The famous original, from 1962, written by George Axelrod, from a Richard Condon novel, and directed by John Frankenheimer, was a satire of Cold War anxieties that cut both ways, attacking both the far right and the far left.

NEWYORKER: The Manchurian Candidate

Sony's offerings lean toward cult fare, including two titles starring Warren Beatty: John Frankenheimer's "All Fall Down" (1962), a dysfunctional-family drama that also stars Karl Malden and Angela Lansbury, and Arthur Penn's "Mickey One" (1965), whose surrealistic plot defies description.

WSJ: Manufactured-on-Deman Movies for Intrepid Cineastes | By David Mermelstein