Seven Days in May (1964)

7.3/10 118 min Drama Thriller

Overview

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

Cast

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

Malcolm Atterbury

Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)

Al Bain

Reporter (uncredited)

Bill Baldwin

Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

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