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

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But perhaps Frankenheimer's most enduring work was The Manchurian Candidate (1962).

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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.

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