Seven Days in May
Summary:
Adapted by Rod Serling from the best-selling novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles Waldo Bailey II, Seven Days in May was allegedly inspired by the far-right ramblings of one General Edwin Walker. Burt Lancaster plays General James M. Scott, who, convinced that liberal President Jordan Lyman (Fredric March) is soft on America's enemies, plots a military takeover of the United ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Burt Lancaster - (Gen. James M. Scott)
Kirk Douglas - (Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey)
Fredric March - (President Jordan Lyman)
Ava Gardner - (Eleanor Holbrook)
Edmond O'Brien - (Sen. Raymond Clark)
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Review:
After his 1962 breakthrough with the political thriller The Manchurian Candidate, director John Frankenheimer cemented his reputation as a paranoia filmmaker with Seven Days in May. Though the assassination of John F. Kennedy happened around the time of the film's release, Seven Days remained ahead of its time, as the conspiracy-film... Continue >>
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