Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Seven Days In May (1964)

Seven Days in May - (Original Trailer)

The U.S. President is threatened by a military coup in Seven Days in May (1964) written by Rod Serling and starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas.

Seven Days In May (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Like Overfed Ducks

Early and high-tech conference between adjutant Col. Casey (Kirk Douglas) and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Scott (Burt Lancaster), who's planning a coup after the American president signed a nuclear treaty with the Soviet Union, in John Frankenheimer's Seven Days In May, 1964.

Seven Days In May (1964) -- (Movie Clip) The Iron Mask

First appearance of Ava Gardner as "Ellie," former mistress to the right-wing general under whom Col. "Jiggs" Casey (Kirk Douglas) serves, at a D.C. power party, Senator Prentice (Whit Bissell) throwing in conspiratorial comments, in John Frankenheimer's Seven Days In May, 1964.

Seven Days In May (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Thankless Job Of Informer

Does seem like Fredric March ("Jordan Lyman" here) would have made a fine president, consulting with aides (George Macready, Martin Balsam, Edmond O'Brien) and Col. Casey (Kirk Douglas) amid fears of a military coup, in Seven Days In May, 1964, from the novel by Charles W. Bailey II and Fletcher Knebel.

Seven Days In May (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Constitution Of The United States

Impressive graphic defacing of the Constitution and dueling protests staged much closer to the White House than they would be today, opening director John Frankenheimer’s widely praised treatment of the novel by Charles W. Bailey II, Seven Days In May, 1964, starring Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster.

Seven Days In May (1964) -- (Movie Clip) God Help Our Country!

JSOC staff Colonel Casey (Kirk Douglas) grows more worried watching first blow-hard McPherson (Hugh Marlowe) then his boss, the possibly treasonous General Scott (Burt Lancaster), addressing veterans on TV, in John Frankenheimer's Seven Days In May, 1964.