Seven Days to Noon (1950)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Directors:

John Boulting
Roy Boulting

Writers:

James Bernard (story)
Roy Boulting (writer)

Release Date:

18 December 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Drama

Plot:

An English scientist runs away from a research center with an atomic bomb. In a letter sent to the British...

Plot Keywords:

Scotland Yard | Atomic Bomb | Evacuation | Missing Person | Ultimatum

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations

Cast

Barry Jones	...	Professor John Malcolm Francis Willingdon
André Morell	...	Superintendent G.W. Folland
Hugh Cross	...	Stephen 'Steve' Lane
Sheila Manahan	...	Ann Willingdon
Olive Sloane	...	Goldie Phillips
Joan Hickson	...	Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
Ronald Adam	...	Honorable Arthur Lytton - the Prime Minister
Marie Ney	...	Mrs. Willingdon
Wyndham Goldie	...	Vicar
Russell Waters	...	Det. Davis
Martin Boddey	...	Gen. Willoughby
Frederick Allen	...	Himself - BBC Newsreader
Victor Maddern	...	Jackson (trigger-happy soldier)
Geoffrey Keen	...	Loudmouth in pub
Merrill Mueller	...	American commentator: by courtesy of the National Broadcasting Company

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-15 (new rating: 2001) | France:U | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:Btl | UK:A

Filming Locations:

Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, England, UK

Company:

Boulting Brothers

Trivia:

First original cinema score of John Addison

Brilliant low-budget thriller

An absolutely excellent thriller from the golden age of British SF filmmaking. Relying on tension and character rather than special effects, the film depicts a fevered manhunt for a scientist threatening to blow up London with a small A-bomb. Whereas other films would've easily dropped into stereotype, this film took the trouble to depict all the major characters as three-dimensional. Not to be missed.