![]() ![]() Scott, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, considers it a treasonable act and says so publicly–you can’t trust the commies. Not only is the public displeased with him, but the presidential ambitious charismatic Air Force Gen. President Jordan Lyman (Fredric March) has just signed a nuclear disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union and his poll numbers are very low. Its demagogue usurper character is reportedly based on the views of the far-right member of the John Birch Society, General Edwin Walker. Bailey II, and the screenplay is by Rod Serling of The Twilight Zone fame. John Frankenheimer’s (“The Manchurian Candidate”/”The Train”/”The Young Savages”) gripping political thriller is based on the best-selling novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Barnswell) Runtime: 118 MPAA Rating: NR producer: Edward Lewis Paramount Pictures 1964) ![]() Bailey II/Rod Serling cinematographer: Ellsworth Fredricks editor: Ferris Webster music: Jerry Goldsmith cast: Frederic March (President Jordan Lyman), Kirk Douglas (Colonel Martin ‘Jiggs’ Casey), Burt Lancaster (General James Mattoon Scott), Edmond O’Brien (Senator Raymond Clark), Martin Balsam (Paul Girard), Ava Gardner (Eleanor Holbrook), Andrew Duggan (Colonel William Henderson), Whit Bissell (Senator Prentice), John Houseman (Vice-Adm. ![]() SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (director: John Frankenheimer screenwriters: from the novel by Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. ![]()
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