Film

Seven Days in May 1964

Directed by John Frankenheimer

  • Drama, Thriller
  • 118 min

The astounding story of an astounding military plot to take over the United States! The time is 1970 or 1980 or, possibly, tomorrow!

A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

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Classical in form, grave, earnest and epic.

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  • gravecomic
  • earnestironic
  • intimateepic
  • character-ledplot-driven

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