Seven Days in May (1964)

Taglines:

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

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 February 1964 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Sete Dias em Maio See more »

Filming Locations:

Imperial County, California, USA See more »

Budget:

$2,200,000 (estimated)

Production Co:

Seven Arts Productions, Joel Productions See more »

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Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Trivia

Originally scheduled for release in December 1963 but Burt Lancaster insisted the release date be postponed as it was too soon after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The same fate befell Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, which was also scheduled for a December 1963 opening. See more »

Goofs

Plot holes: At the time of this movie, there were five nuclear powers: USA, USSR, UK, France, and China (China only became one in 1964, the year of the movie but the film is set in the near future from 1964). However, the treaty only speaks to disarmament between the US and USSR. The other three are not mentioned. The UK and France depend on their nuclear arsenals to counter the USSR's close and massive superiority in conventional forces. Also, by 1964, the relationship between China and the USSR had deteriorated dramatically to the point they shared the world's longest armed border. See more »

Quotes

Colonel William "Mutt" Henderson: We seem to spend more time training for seizure than for prevention, like the Commies already had the stuff, and we had to get it back.
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Connections

Featured in "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Alice in Wonderland/Stolen/Brooklyn's Finest (#2.9)" (2010) See more »