Seven Days In May (1964) Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Fredric March

YouTube ^ | 1964 | Fletcher Knebel

[hardspunned]

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.

[hardspunned]

Nah, nothing like that could happen in America.

[Repeal The 17th]

Rod Serling had a lot of fantasies.

[waterhill]

Serling (war vet) was genius.

[Maine Mariner]

Paratrooper to boot!

[fidelis]

Serling was a heck of a good writer. Recently ran across a TV Western series he wrote and produced called “The Loner”, starring Lloyd Bridges. Didn’t stay on the air all that long (1964-65), but it was extremely well done.

[Ezekiel]

Fredric March

'מארץ

Now there's a name I just don't see every day. More like never. Well until 5 days ago when I came upon him, as

the original Norman Maine in A Star is Born (1937).

So as the simple observations went along,

March ​from the land, מארץ' מארץ -- sounds like an Exodus.

Made sense... a Star is Born (Passover, the birthday of the Jewish nation)

Who can keep up anymore..

[bigbob]

Read the book as a kid, loved it.

[hardspunned]

The book that turned my head as a kid was “Alas Babylon”.

[aposiopetic]

Ping

[bray]

Watching OK Corral right now with Bert and Kirk.

[Rummyfan]

Great flick it was on TCM today. James Mattoon Scott.... a modern day Crassus. But here we are sixty years later and it hasn’t happened yet. A left-wing fever dream.

[Rummyfan]

Fredric March

I wish we had a President like Lyman Jordan from this movie. President Trump is the best we can get.

[Rummyfan]

March was also great in The Best Years of Our Lives.

[Rummyfan]

After watching Seven Days in MAy... Kirk was the better actor.

[chajin]

Douglas’ role was more difficult than Lancaster’s. I can’t think of anyone who was miscast in the film, including Ava Gardner in a deeper role than usual.

[Rummyfan]

Agreed...

[doorgunner69]

WTF???

[doorgunner69]

An ep8c book, read it in my teens.

Good friend read my last copy a few years ago and was stunned.

[bray]

He played good parts. They are both excellent in OK Corral.

[Doc91678]

Have you spoken to former General Mark Milley lately.