Seven [7] Days in May

N.p. Joel Productions, 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1964 film, showing a camera crew on a truck bed capturing a location shot near the Preakness race track in northwestern Baltimore City.

A Cold War political thriller about an attempted coup in the US government, based on the 1962 novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II. Although the Pentagon expressed a dislike for the film, President John F. Kennedy was encouraging, even assisting in its production by arranging a visit to his home in Hyannis Port when the crew needed to shoot outside the White House.

Shot on location in Arizona, California, Virginia, Washington DC, and Paris.

10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

[Book #170360]