Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May
theatrical release poster
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Frankenheimer
Screenplay byRod Serling
Based onthe novel
by Fletcher Knebel &
Charles W. Bailey II
Produced byEdward Lewis
Starring
CinematographyEllsworth Fredricks A.S.C.
Edited byFerris Webster
Music byJerry Goldsmith
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • February 12, 1964 (1964-02-12) (Washington, DC)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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]

  1. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1964", Variety, p. 39, January 6, 1965.
  2. ^ "Seven Days in May" (Kirkus Reviews, September 10, 1962)