
Seven Days in May (1964)
7.3|1 Feb, 1964|118 min
The astounding story of an astounding military plot to take over the United States! The time is 1970 or 1980 or, possibly, tomorrow!
7.3|1 Feb, 1964|118 min
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A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Keywords
the white house
based on novel or book
general
kidnapping
cold war
pentagon
coup d'etat
u.s. air force
conspiracy
black and white
desert
secret service
u.s. marine
nuclear weapons
joint chiefs of staff
political thriller
Casts

Burt Lancaster
Gen. James Mattoon Scott

Kirk Douglas
Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey

Fredric March
President Jordan Lyman

Ava Gardner
Eleanor Holbrook

Edmond O'Brien
Sen. Raymond Clark

Martin Balsam
Paul Girard

Andrew Duggan
Col. William "Mud" Henderson

Hugh Marlowe
Harold McPherson

Whit Bissell
Sen. Frederick Prentice

Helen Kleeb
Esther Townsend

George Macready
Christopher Todd

Richard Anderson
Col. Murdock
Bart Burns
Secret Service White House Chief Art Corwin
John Alban
Party Guest (uncredited)
Monya Andre
Party Guest (uncredited)

Malcolm Atterbury
Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Reporter (uncredited)
Sam Bagley
Reporter (uncredited)

Al Bain
Reporter (uncredited)

Bill Baldwin
Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
John Barton
Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Berle
Reporter (uncredited)

Robert Brubaker
Gen. Diefenbach (uncredited)

William Challee
Gen. Riley (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Cirillo
Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Denny
Party Guest (uncredited)
Mimi Dillard
Mother at Dulles Airport (uncredited)
Alphonso DuBois
Reporter (uncredited)
Fred Fisher
Waiter (uncredited)

Wesley Gale
Reporter (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Reporter (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes
Senate Committee Member (uncredited)

John Houseman
Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)

Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
Capt. Ortega (uncredited)

Clegg Hoyt
Diner Operator (uncredited)

Colette Jackson
Bar Girl (uncredited)
Jim Jacobs
Helicopter Commando (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
Senate Committee Member (uncredited)
Paul King
Party Guest (uncredited)
Joseph La Cava
Party Guest (uncredited)

John Larkin
Col. Broderick (uncredited)

Kent McCord
Presidential Aide (uncredited)

Tyler McVey
Gen. Hardesty (uncredited)
William Meader
Reporter (uncredited)
Tina Menard
Reporter (uncredited)

Charles Meredith
Senate Committee Member (uncredited)
Ernesto Molinari
Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Mullaney
Lt. Dorsey Grayson (uncredited)
Joe Ploski
Reporter (uncredited)
José Portugal
Party Guest (uncredited)
Fred Rapport
Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Ravel
Party Guest (uncredited)

Ron Rich
Reporter (uncredited)
Owen Song
Reporter (uncredited)
Norman Stevans
Senate Commitee Member (uncredited)

Charles Watts
Stewart Dillard (uncredited)

Fredd Wayne
Henry Whitney (uncredited)
Ferris Webster
Gen. Bernard "Barney" Rutkowski (uncredited)
Crews
Edward Lewis
Producer
Ellsworth Fredericks
Director of Photography
Charles W. Bailey II
Novel
Cary Odell
Production Design

Rod Serling
Screenplay
Ferris Webster
Editor

Fletcher Knebel
Novel

Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer

John Frankenheimer
Director

John Frankenheimer
Co-Executive Producer

Kirk Douglas
Co-Executive Producer
Dave Grayson
Makeup Artist
Hal W. Polaire
Production Manager
Edward G. Boyle
Set Decoration

Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Bill Brame
Assistant Editor
John Franco
Script Supervisor
Patrick J. Palmer
Location Manager

Jerry Goldsmith
Conductor
John Mehl
Camera Operator
Frank Agnone
Property Master
Hal W. Polaire
Assistant Director
Wesley Jeffries
Costumer
Joe Edmondson
Sound Mixer
Richard Borland
Key Grip
Bill Catching
Stunts

Robert J. Anderson
Assistant Director
Maggie Smith
Production Secretary
Sid Mintz
Wardrobe Designer
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