Seven Days in May
A principled Marine colonel must expose a secretive military cabal plotting to overthrow the President, racing against time to stop a constitutional crisis before the conspirators seize power.
“The astounding story of an astounding military plot to take over the United States! The time is 1970 or 1980 or, possibly, tomorrow!”
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A U.S. Marine Corps colonel warns the president about a planned military coup targeting him.
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Edited by Ferris WebsterShot by Ellsworth FredericksScored by Jerry GoldsmithDesigned by Cary Odell
Also known as
- Sieben Tage im Maide
- Siete días de mayoes
- Sept jours en maifr
- Sette giorni a maggioit
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Cast & Crew
20 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Burt Lancaster
as Gen. James Mattoon Scott
Kirk Douglas
as Col. Martin 'Jiggs' Casey
Fredric March
as President Jordan Lyman
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as Col. Martin 'Jiggs' Casey
Ava Gardner
as Eleanor Holbrook
Edmond O Brien
as Sen. Raymond Clark
Martin Balsam
as Paul Girard
Andrew Duggan
as Col. William 'Mutt' Henderson
Hugh Marlowe
as Harold McPherson
Whit Bissell
as Sen. Frederick Prentice
Helen Kleeb
as Esther Townsend
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