Seven Days in May 1964 ★★★★
As you'd expect, from a film written by Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone) and directed by the great John Frankenheimer, this is a fascinating and enthralling thriller/drama.
It is expertly plotted, with a fairly simple central premise of a suspected military coup d'état in the US, and demands your attention so the central performances from Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas really shine, with support from actors such as Ava Gardner and Martin Balsam.
This was a blind buy and a first viewing – I think it's a film that will improve the more I watch it and intend to begin the process with John Frankenheimer's commentary.
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