Directed by:
John FrankenheimerScreenplay:
Rod SerlingCinematography:
Ellsworth FredericksComposer:
Jerry GoldsmithCast:
Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Martin Balsam, Andrew Duggan, Hugh Marlowe, Whit Bissell, Helen Kleeb (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
In the near future, the President of the United States discovers a military coup is being plotted by one of his Joint Chiefs and must find a way to dismantle it. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Burt Lancaster](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/384/164384699_2ca976.png)
Burt Lancaster
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Life of Verdi (1982) (series)
1900 (1976)
![Kirk Douglas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/709/162709911_18b2aa.jpg)
Kirk Douglas
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Lust for Life (1956)
![Fredric March](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/349/164349846_b3bb31.png)
Fredric March
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Hombre (1967)
![Ava Gardner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267989_b91374.jpg)
Ava Gardner
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The Long Hot Summer (1985) (TV movie)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
![Edmond O'Brien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/363/164363763_89b8f5.png)
Edmond O'Brien
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
White Heat (1949)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
![Martin Balsam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/526/168526970_09ksp1.jpg)
Martin Balsam
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Psycho (1960)
Little Big Man (1970)
![Andrew Duggan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/763/157763640_fed211.jpg)
Andrew Duggan
USA
Best movies:
Skin Game (1971)
Seven Days in May (1964)
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
![Hugh Marlowe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262604_cd893e.jpg)
Hugh Marlowe
USA
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Night and the City (1950)
![Whit Bissell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576503_d682ec.jpg)
Whit Bissell
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
![Helen Kleeb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/831/160831109_a57191.jpg)
Helen Kleeb
USA
Best movies:
The Desperate Hours (1955)
The Young Savages (1961)
The Party (1968)
![George Macready](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/159/117159964_eecf4e.jpg)
George Macready
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
Detective Story (1951)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Richard Anderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269152_d35d4f.jpg)
Richard Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Bart Burns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/831/160831688_ffbfd2.jpg)
Bart Burns
USA
Best movies:
Frances (1982)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Seven Days in May (1964)
![Leonard Nimoy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/122/166122452_8578a2.jpg)
Leonard Nimoy
USA
Best movies:
The Simpsons: Dark Secrets (1998) (video compilation)
Star Trek (2009)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
![John Houseman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390348_a4576d.jpg)
John Houseman
Romania
Best movies:
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
![Victor Buono](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/506/161506869_bb3550.jpg)
Victor Buono
USA
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
The Flight of Dragons (1982)
The Story of Ruth (1960)
![Malcolm Atterbury](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000148_1b51e8.jpg)
Malcolm Atterbury
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Rio Bravo (1959)
The Birds (1963)
![Kenner G. Kemp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/630/161630545_8fe94b.jpg)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
![Robert Brubaker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228348_495d83.jpg)
Robert Brubaker
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Airport (1970)
![William Challee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/933/159933697_9032c3.gif)
William Challee
USA
Best movies:
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Reign of Terror (1949)
Cimarron (1960)