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Seven Days in May

Name: Seven Days in May
Director: John Frankenheimer
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1964
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien

A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

1964 · Directed by John Frankenheimer · 118 min · Drama · Thriller · 20 frames

Tagline

The astounding story of an astounding military plot to take over the United States! The time is 1970 or 1980 or, possibly, tomorrow!

Crew

Screenplay: Rod Serling
Cinematography: Ellsworth Fredericks
Edited by: Ferris Webster
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Production design: Cary Odell
Produced by: Edward Lewis

Cast

Burt Lancaster as Gen. James Mattoon Scott
Kirk Douglas as Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
Fredric March as President Jordan Lyman
Ava Gardner as Eleanor Holbrook
Edmond O'Brien as Sen. Raymond Clark
Martin Balsam as Paul Girard
Andrew Duggan as Col. William "Mutt" Henderson
Hugh Marlowe as Harold McPherson
Whit Bissell as Sen. Frederick Prentice
Helen Kleeb as Esther Townsend

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Joel Productions, Seven Arts Productions, Cayuga Productions, John Frankenheimer Productions Inc.
Themes: the white house, based on novel or book, general, kidnapping, cold war, pentagon, coup d'etat, u.s. air force, conspiracy, black and white

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The Train — 1964
Black Sunday — 1977
Ronin — 1998
Birdman of Alcatraz — 1962
The Manchurian Candidate — 1962

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