Seven Days in May poster
Director John Frankenheimer
Screenplay Rod Serling

Seven Days in May

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

Release Date: 1964-02-01

Duration: 118 minutes

Synopsis

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

Casting

  • Kirk Douglas
    Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
  • Ava Gardner
    Eleanor Holbrook
  • Martin Balsam
    Paul Girard
  • Richard Anderson
    Col. Murdock
  • Edmond O'Brien
    Sen. Raymond Clark
  • Burt Lancaster
    Gen. James Mattoon Scott
  • George Macready
    Christopher Todd
  • Kent McCord
    Presidential Aide (uncredited)
  • Fredric March
    President Jordan Lyman
  • Jack Mullaney
    Lt. Dorsey Grayson (uncredited)