1964 · thriller · drama · politics
Seven Days in May (1964)
Directed by John Frankenheimer1h 58m1964
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Our read: Seven Days in May (1964) (1964) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded thriller · drama · politics entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- cold
- twisty
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