Seven Days in May
| Seven Days in May | |
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| Directed by | John Frankenheimer |
| Screenplay by | Rod Serling |
| Based on | the novel by Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II |
| Produced by | Edward Lewis |
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| Cinematography | Ellsworth Fredricks A.S.C. |
| Edited by | Ferris Webster |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.2 million |
| Box office | $3,650,000 (rentals) |
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.