Seven Days in May
The astounding story of an astounding military plot to take over the United States! The time is 1970 or 1980 or, possibly, tomorrow!
1964 | 118m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | John Frankenheimer |
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| Writer: | Charles W. Bailey II, Fletcher Knebel, Rod Serling |
| Staring: |
| A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 01, 1964 |
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| Director: | John Frankenheimer |
| Writer: | Charles W. Bailey II, Fletcher Knebel, Rod Serling |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, the white house, general, kidnapping, cold war, pentagon, u.s. air force, coup d'etat, conspiracy, black and white, desert, secret service, u.s. marine, nuclear weapons, joint chiefs of staff, political thriller |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Seven Arts Productions, Joel Productions, John Frankenheimer Productions Inc., Cayuga Productions, Polyphony Digital |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ferris Webster | Editor |
| Dave Grayson | Makeup Artist |
| Maggie Smith | Production Secretary |
| Patrick J. Palmer | Location Manager |
| Richard Borland | Key Grip |
| Joe Edmondson | Sound Mixer |
| Charles W. Bailey II | Novel |
| Cary Odell | Production Design |
| Hal W. Polaire | Production Manager, Assistant Director |
| Sid Mintz | Wardrobe Designer |
| Bill Catching | Stunts |
| John Franco | Script Supervisor |
| Frank Agnone | Property Master |
| Bill Brame | Assistant Editor |
| Ellsworth Fredericks | Director of Photography |
| Edward G. Boyle | Set Decoration |
| John Mehl | Camera Operator |
| Wesley Jeffries | Costumer |
| John Frankenheimer | Director |
| Fletcher Knebel | Novel |
| Rod Serling | Screenplay |
| Jerry Goldsmith | Conductor, Original Music Composer |
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Robert J. Anderson | Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Edward Lewis | Producer |
| John Frankenheimer | Co-Executive Producer |
| Kirk Douglas | Co-Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 18 | 41 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 8 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 6 |
| 2024 | 10 | 20 | 54 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 5 |
| 2024 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
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This is an enthralling political drama that pitches Fredric March ("Pres. Lyman") against the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - Burt Lancaster ("Gen. Scott") in a battle for control of the United States. When an aide to the General - "Jiggs Casey" (Kirk Douglas) notices some odd goings on, he ... begins to suspect that his boss is plotting - and plotting on a treasonous scale. When he brings this to the attention of the President, a race is on between the elected authorities and their military commanders to stop the scheming general from achieving his goal. Lancaster is superb as the imperious 4-star general, as are Douglas and March. The star, for me at any rate, though, is Edmond O'Brien as the regularly sozzled Senator "Clark", who is despatched to investigate the existence of a secret base - and potentially thwart the entire rogue operation. The pace is excellent, the dialogue thoughtful and penetrating leaving us with a worrying degree of paranoia - might this actually be possible?