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Plot: John Frankenheimer's follow-up to The Manchurian Candidate is as intimate and subdued as its predecessor is flamboyant and energetic. Burt Lancaster is calm and calculating as the steely-eyed m...( read more read more... )ilitary hawk General Scott, who opposes the president's (Fredric March) plan to end the cold war with a bold nuclear disarmament plan. Lancaster's longtime friend and frequent costar Kirk Douglas is his smiling, joking right-hand man, Colonel "Jiggs" Casey, whose easygoing manner is jolted by evidence of a possible plot to overthrow the American government. Scripted by Rod Serling from the novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey, the film plays much like a classic live TV drama (the medium that spawned both Frankenheimer and Serling), with the drama arising from conversations and confrontations and the action largely limited to scenes within the Pentagon and the White House. An ominous undercurrent of danger seeps through the realistic (and often real) settings of the film, conveyed chiefly through the intensity of the excellent ensemble performances. Notable among the supporting cast are Ava Gardner as a lonely Washington socialite who was once the general's mistress, Edmond O'Brien as an amiable alcoholic senator, Martin Balsam as the president's shrewd but skeptical secretary, and underrated character actor George Macready as the wily presidential advisor. --Sean Axmaker

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  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    February 19, 2008
    Another political thriller from Frankenheimer. 7 Days is every bit as good and thrilling as the Manchurian Candidate.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    January 22, 2008
    I found this movie very interesting in terms of how suspenseful politics can be. An interesting story line and wonderful actors, this movie is just one of those that say "just because it is in black and white doesn't mean it sucks"
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    January 1, 2008
    Wow. The dramatic Kirk Douglas with a great cast all delivering the beautiful penned screenplay by Mr. Rod Serling. Director John Frankenheimer at his finest.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    December 26, 2006
    An excellent cold war movie with Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster on top of their acting game, supported with an entire good cast. Great director and a screenplay by the infamous Rod Serling, creator of the legendary Twilight Zone.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    October 19, 2006
    I wish they hadn't had the protest scene at the very beginning of the movie...it seems really kitchy...the rest of the movie is not to be missed.

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  • Rated: (PG-13)
  • Directed by: John Frankenheimer
  • Genres: Mystery & Suspense, Drama, Classics
  • Released: February 12, 1964
  • DVD Released: May 16, 2000

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