Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Frankenheimer
Screenplay by	Rod Serling
Based on	the novel by Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II
Produced by	Edward Lewis
Starring	Burt Lancaster Kirk Douglas Fredric March Ava Gardner Edmond O'Brien Martin Balsam
Cinematography	Ellsworth Fredricks A.S.C.
Edited by	Ferris Webster
Music by	Jerry Goldsmith
Production companies	Seven Arts Productions and Joel Productions Inc. John Frankenheimer – Joel Production
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	February 12, 1964 (1964-02-12) (Washington, DC)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.2 million
Box office	$3,650,000 (rentals)[1]

Seven Days in May is a 1964 American political thriller film about a military-political cabal's planned takeover of the United States government in reaction to the president's negotiation of a disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union. The film, starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, and Ava Gardner, was directed by John Frankenheimer from a screenplay written by Rod Serling and based on the novel of the same name by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II, published in September 1962.^[2]