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Seven Days in May

Name: Seven Days in May
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1964-02-01
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 7.366

★ 7,4 /10 (232 Votes)

1964 EN 118 min

Overview

A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

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Release date

01/02/1964

Votes

232

Popularity

2.3

The astounding story of an astounding military plot to take over the United States! The time is 1970 or 1980 or, possibly, tomorrow!

Genres

Drama Thriller

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

118 min

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 "Mutt" Henderson

Hugh Marlowe

Harold McPherson

Whit Bissell

Sen. Frederick Prentice

Helen Kleeb

Esther Townsend

George Macready

Christopher Todd

Richard Anderson

Col. Murdock

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Bart Burns

Secret Service White House Chief Art Corwin

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John Alban

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Monya Andre

Party Guest (uncredited)

Malcolm Atterbury

Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)

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Walter Bacon

Reporter (uncredited)

Al Bain

Reporter (uncredited)

Bill Baldwin

Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

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John Barton

Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Berle

Reporter (uncredited)

Robert Brubaker

Gen. Diefenbach (uncredited)

William Challee

Gen. Riley (uncredited)

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Dick Cherney

Reporter (uncredited)

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Charles Cirillo

Reporter (uncredited)

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Harry Denny

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Mimi Dillard

Mother at Dulles Airport (uncredited)

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Alphonso DuBois

Reporter (uncredited)

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Fred Fisher

Waiter (uncredited)

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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)

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Jim Jacobs

Helicopter Commando (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Senate Committee Member (uncredited)

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Paul King

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Joseph La Cava

Party Guest (uncredited)

John Larkin

Col. Broderick (uncredited)

Kent McCord

Presidential Aide (uncredited)

Tyler McVey

Gen. Hardesty (uncredited)

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William Meader

Reporter (uncredited)

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Tina Menard

Reporter (uncredited)

Charles Meredith

Senate Committee Member (uncredited)

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Ernesto Molinari

Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Mullaney

Lt. Dorsey Grayson (uncredited)

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Joe Ploski

Reporter (uncredited)

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José Portugal

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Fred Rapport

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Paul Ravel

Party Guest (uncredited)

Ron Rich

Reporter (uncredited)

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Owen Song

Reporter (uncredited)

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Norman Stevans

Senate Commitee Member (uncredited)

Charles Watts

Stewart Dillard (uncredited)

Fredd Wayne

Henry Whitney (uncredited)

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Ferris Webster

Gen. Bernard "Barney" Rutkowski (uncredited)

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Thom Conroy

Minor Role (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

Bit Part (uncredited)

Sydney Guilaroff

Party Guest (uncredited)

Douglas Henderson

Bit Part (uncredited)

Leota Lorraine

Guest (uncredited)

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Michael Masters

Minor Role (uncredited)

Joyce Nizzari

Minor Role (uncredited)

Bill Raisch

Minor Role (uncredited)

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Joe Walls

Minor Role (uncredited)

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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 imperio…

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