Seven Days in May (1964) Cast & Crew

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Directed by John Frankenheimer.

Cast

• Burt Lancaster as Gen. James Mattoon Scott
• Kirk Douglas as Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
• Fredric March as President Jordan Lyman
• Ava Gardner as Eleanor Holbrook
• Edmond O'Brien as Sen. Raymond Clark
• Martin Balsam as Paul Girard
• Andrew Duggan as Col. William "Mutt" Henderson
• Hugh Marlowe as Harold McPherson
• Whit Bissell as Sen. Frederick Prentice
• Helen Kleeb as Esther Townsend
• George Macready as Christopher Todd
• Richard Anderson as Col. Murdock
• Bart Burns as Secret Service White House Chief Art Corwin
• John Alban as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Monya Andre as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Malcolm Atterbury as Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)
• Walter Bacon as Reporter (uncredited)
• Al Bain as Reporter (uncredited)
• Bill Baldwin as Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
• John Barton as Reporter (uncredited)
• Jack Berle as Reporter (uncredited)
• Robert Brubaker as Gen. Diefenbach (uncredited)
• William Challee as Gen. Riley (uncredited)
• Dick Cherney as Reporter (uncredited)
• Charles Cirillo as Reporter (uncredited)
• Harry Denny as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Mimi Dillard as Mother at Dulles Airport (uncredited)
• Alphonso DuBois as Reporter (uncredited)
• Fred Fisher as Waiter (uncredited)
• Wesley Gale as Reporter (uncredited)
• Chuck Hamilton as Reporter (uncredited)
• Stuart Holmes as Senate Committee Member (uncredited)
• John Houseman as Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)
• Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. as Capt. Ortega (uncredited)
• Clegg Hoyt as Diner Operator (uncredited)
• Colette Jackson as Bar Girl (uncredited)
• Jim Jacobs as Helicopter Commando (uncredited)
• Kenner G. Kemp as Senate Committee Member (uncredited)
• Paul King as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Joseph La Cava as Party Guest (uncredited)

Crew

• Edward Lewis — Producer
• Ellsworth Fredericks — Director of Photography
• Charles W. Bailey II — Novel
• Rod Serling — Screenplay
• Fletcher Knebel — Novel
• Jerry Goldsmith — Original Music Composer
• John Frankenheimer — Director

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