Burt Lancaster
Gen. James Mattoon Scott
Seven Days in May (1964)
"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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Overview
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
John Frankenheimer
Director
Rod Serling
Screenplay
Top Billed Cast
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 "Mud" Henderson
Hugh Marlowe
Harold McPherson
Whit Bissell
Sen. Frederick Prentice
Helen Kleeb
Esther Townsend
George Macready
Christopher Todd
Richard Anderson
Col. Murdock
Bart Burns
Secret Service White House Chief Art Corwin
John Alban
Party Guest (uncredited)
Monya Andre
Party Guest (uncredited)
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