Burt Lancaster

Kirk Douglas

Fredric March

Ava Gardner

Edmond O'Brien

Martin Balsam

Andrew Duggan

Hugh Marlowe

Whit Bissell

Helen Kleeb

George Macready

Richard Anderson

Bart Burns

John Alban

Monya Andre

Malcolm Atterbury

Walter Bacon

Sam Bagley

Al Bain

Bill Baldwin

John Barton

Jack Berle

Robert Brubaker

William Challee

Dick Cherney

Charles Cirillo

Harry Denny

Mimi Dillard

Alphonso DuBois

Fred Fisher

Wesley Gale

Chuck Hamilton

Stuart Holmes

John Houseman

Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.

Clegg Hoyt

Colette Jackson

Jim Jacobs

Kenner G. Kemp

Paul King

Joseph La Cava

John Larkin

Kent McCord

Tyler McVey

William Meader

Tina Menard

Charles Meredith

Ernesto Molinari

Jack Mullaney

Joe Ploski

José Portugal

Fred Rapport

Paul Ravel

Ron Rich

Owen Song

Norman Stevans

Charles Watts

Fredd Wayne

Ferris Webster

Edward Lewis

Ellsworth Fredericks

Charles W. Bailey II

Cary Odell

Rod Serling

Fletcher Knebel

Jerry Goldsmith

John Frankenheimer

Dave Grayson

Hal W. Polaire

Edward G. Boyle

Sydney Guilaroff

Bill Brame

John Franco

Patrick J. Palmer

John Mehl

Frank Agnone

Wesley Jeffries

Joe Edmondson

Richard Borland

Bill Catching

Robert J. Anderson

Maggie Smith

Sid Mintz

Drama

Thriller

Seven Days in May

Paramount Pictures

Joel Productions

Seven Arts Productions

Cayuga Productions

John Frankenheimer Productions Inc.

Polyphony Digital

United States of America

CinemaSerf

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?

English

Seven Days in May (1964) Original Trailer [FHD]

Seven Days in May - Trailer