Seven Days in May

1964 • 117 minutes
4.8
60 reviews
91%
Tomatometer
PG-13
Rating
Eligible
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It happens with startling swiftness and violence. An armed cadre seizes state control. Fortunately, a coup d'etat can't happen here. Or can it? A classic of suspense directed by John Frankenheimer, Seven Days in May tautly explores that possibility. At odds are a popular general and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman and an unpopular President with a pacifist agenda. At stake is the survival of the Republic. A vigilant colonel uncovers the scheme. But are the seven fateful days ahead enough time to derail a takeover? The clock is ticking.
Rating
PG-13

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4.8
60 reviews
Skip Doyle
December 21, 2020
A riveting movie with expressive dialogue and every scene essential. And its topic is relevant a half century later now in 2020: Russia has just attacked the U.S.A. on our own soil by infiltrating our federal government computer systems, in 2016 through cyberattacks installed a treasonous U.S. President who tired to stay in power after losing the 2020 democratic election by strong-arming legislatures and the courts, and the U.S. is wrestling with an Iran nuclear treaty with hawks demanding military action and doves beseeching negotiations. Wow.
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Coiled Steel
January 29, 2019
Still possible here today, as a civil war is boiling between the left and right wings in today's news!
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Allen Hinds
December 29, 2016
Real good movie one of the best I have ever seen.
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