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Seven Days in May

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

7.4/ 1019641h 58m

DramaThriller

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

Directed by John Frankenheimer

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Gen. James Mattoon Scott

Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas

Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey

Fredric March

Fredric March

President Jordan Lyman

Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner

Eleanor Holbrook

Edmond O'Brien

Edmond O'Brien

Sen. Raymond Clark

Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

Paul Girard

Andrew Duggan

Andrew Duggan

Col. William "Mutt" Henderson

Hugh Marlowe

Hugh Marlowe

Harold McPherson