Movie
Seven Days in May
Overview
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Details
- Release date
- 1964-02-01
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Joel Productions, Seven Arts Productions, Cayuga Productions, John Frankenheimer Productions Inc., Polyphony Digital
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- George Macready as Christopher Todd
- Richard Anderson as Col. Murdock
Crew
- John Frankenheimer - Director
- Rod Serling - Screenplay
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