Drama ·Thriller · United States of America · 1964 · 1h 58m

Seven Days in May

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Director
John Frankenheimer
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
Crew
Ellsworth Fredericks — Director of Photography Ferris Webster — Editor Jerry Goldsmith — Original Music Composer Rod Serling — Screenplay Charles W. Bailey II — Novel Fletcher Knebel — Novel
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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

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Mood & Themes
the white housebased on novel or bookgeneralkidnappingcold warpentagoncoup d'etatu.s. air forceconspiracyblack and whitedesertsecret service
Key Collaborators
John Frankenheimer Director Ellsworth Fredericks Director of Photography Ferris Webster Editor Jerry Goldsmith Original Music Composer Rod Serling Screenplay Charles W. Bailey II Novel Fletcher Knebel Novel Edward Lewis Producer Cary Odell Production Design
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