

Seven Days in May
1964 · Movie · 1h 58m
DramaThriller
"The astounding story of an astounding military plot to take over the United States! The time is 1970 or 1980 or, possibly, tomorrow!"
Overview
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
73/100
Key crew
- Rod SerlingScreenplay
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- John FrankenheimerDirector
Cast
- Burt LancasterGen. James Mattoon Scott
- Kirk DouglasCol. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
- Fredric MarchPresident Jordan Lyman
- Ava GardnerEleanor Holbrook
- Edmond O'BrienSen. Raymond Clark
- Martin BalsamPaul Girard
- Andrew DugganCol. William "Mutt" Henderson
- Hugh MarloweHarold McPherson
- Whit BissellSen. Frederick Prentice
- Helen KleebEsther Townsend
- George MacreadyChristopher Todd
- Richard AndersonCol. Murdock
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Themes
the white housebased on novel or bookgeneralkidnappingcold warpentagoncoup d'etatu.s. air forceconspiracyblack and whitedesertsecret service























