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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!”
7.4 / 10• 1964• 1h 58m•NR• English
DramaThriller
Storyline
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Cast & Crew
Burt Lancaster
Gen. James Mattoon Scott
Lead
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 "Mutt" Henderson
Hugh Marlowe
Harold McPherson
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Frankenheimer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Seven Days in May is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
