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Writers:
James Bernard (story)
Roy Boulting (writer)
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Release Date:
18 December 1950 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller | Drama more
Plot:
An English scientist runs away from a research center with an atomic bomb. In a letter sent to the British... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations more
User Comments:
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Cast

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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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Joss Ackland ... Station policeman (uncredited)
Gerald Anderson ... Bit part (uncredited)
Jean Anderson ... Mother at train station (uncredited)
Patrick Baring ... Bit part (uncredited)
Gordon Bell ... Bit part (uncredited)
Esme Beringer ... Bit part (uncredited)
Van Boolen ... Bit part (uncredited)
Ernest Clark ... Barber (uncredited)
Maurice Colbourne ... Bit part (uncredited)
Michael Conry ... Bit part (uncredited)
Basil Cunard ... Civil Defence Warden At Bus Queue (uncredited)
Glyn Davies ... Bit part (uncredited)
Rupert Davies ... Bit part (uncredited)
Robert Dean ... Bit part (uncredited)
Charles Doran ... Bit part (uncredited)
Edwin Ellis ... Bit part (uncredited)
Alec Faversham ... Bit part (uncredited)
Louise Gainsborough ... Bit part (uncredited)

Willoughby Gray ... Bit part (uncredited)
Chris Halward ... Bit part (uncredited)
Mona Harrison ... Bit part (uncredited)
Helen Harvey ... Bit part (uncredited)
Walter Horsbrugh ... Bit part (uncredited)
Peter Humphries ... Bit part (uncredited)
Elaine Inescourt ... Bit part (uncredited)
John Kevan ... Major Fanshawe (uncredited)
James Knight ... Mr. Cooper (Pawnbroker) (uncredited)
Sam Kydd ... Soldier in house search (uncredited)
Denis Lehrer ... Bit part (uncredited)
Gordon Littmann ... Bit part (uncredited)
Kenneth Luckman ... Bit part (uncredited)
Patrick Macnee ... Bit part (uncredited)
Eve Martell ... Bit part (uncredited)
Geoffrey Matthews ... Bit part (uncredited)
Charles Maunsell ... Bit part (uncredited)
Jack May ... Ist Newspaper Seller (uncredited)
Henry McGee ... Soldier marching next to Jackson (uncredited)
Malcolm Russell ... Bit part (uncredited)
George Self ... Bit part (uncredited)
Bruce Seton ... Brigadier Grant - the officer in charge of transport (uncredited)
Leonard Sharp ... Fred (Barman) (uncredited)
Arthur Skinner ... Man in background (uncredited)
John Snagge ... BBC Announcer (uncredited)
John Stamp ... Bit part (uncredited)
Marianne Stone ... Woman in phone box (uncredited)
John Stratton ... Army Mechanic (uncredited)
George Street ... Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Robert Brooks Turner ... Railwayman Pasting Labels (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon ... Bit part (uncredited)
Michael Ward ... Cast Member (uncredited)
John Warren ... Bit part (uncredited)
Barry Wicks ... Bit part (uncredited)
John Wilder ... Detective sergeant Carter (uncredited)
Ian Wilson ... Sandwich-board man (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Boulting 
Roy Boulting 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
James Bernard  story
Roy Boulting  writer
Paul Dehn  story
Frank Harvey  writer

Produced by
John Boulting .... producer
Roy Boulting .... producer
Peter De Sarigny .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
John Addison 
 
Cinematography by
Gilbert Taylor 
 
Film Editing by
John Boulting 
Roy Boulting 
 
Casting by
Dorothy Holloway (uncredited)
 
Art Direction by
John Elphick 
 
Costume Design by
Honoria Plesch 
 
Makeup Department
U.P. Hutchinson .... makeup artist
Peter Evans .... assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Ann Fordyce .... assistant hair stylist (uncredited)
Joe Shear .... supervising hair stylist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
John Palmer .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mike Johnson .... assistant director
Gerard Bryant .... first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
Jimmy Shingfield .... second assistant director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Bert Eggleton .... sound editor
Red Law .... dubbing sound
Bert Ross .... sound recordist
Eric Cass .... boom operator (uncredited)
Cyril Collick .... boom operator: second unit (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Dennis Fox .... camera operator
Robert Huke .... camera operator (as Bob Huke)
Gerald Moss .... camera operator
Ray Sturgess .... associate camera operator
S.D. Fox .... focus puller: second unit (uncredited)
Alf Hicks .... focus puller (uncredited)
Len Lee .... still photographer (uncredited)
Tony Young .... camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elsie Attryde .... wardrobe mistress (uncredited)
A. Walsh .... wardrobe master (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Max Benedict .... assembly editor
Ann Chegwidden .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Hubert Clifford .... conductor (as Dr. Hubert Clifford)
 
Other crew
Shirley Barnes .... continuity (uncredited)
E. Kelly .... continuity: second unit (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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 more
Company:
Boulting Brothers more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
First original cinema score of John Addison more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Package Of Destruction, 6 January 2009
7/10
Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

Seven Days To Noon is ironically one of those films that has grown into the times rather than be dated. It's certainly a relevant film given the threat of nuclear terror today.

But back in 1950 I don't believe the technical expertise was there so that Barry Jones or anyone else could have put a device like that in a briefcase. Take a look at pictures of Fat Man and Little Boy the code names for the weapons dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those things could not have fit in a briefcase and developments hadn't advanced that far in five years. Now sad to say it actually could be done.

Barry Jones is an atomic scientist who is suffering from fatigue and overwork and a questioning mind about what exactly he's developing. His mind snaps and he takes one of the weapons Great Britain has been developing and sends a letter to the Prime Minister. Issue a statement you'll stop the program or he's going to explode his package on Sunday at high noon.

That sets up a manhunt for Jones throughout the United Kingdom, but especially of course in London. His note does specify the seat of the government. Andre Morrell as a Scotland Yard Inspector, Hugh Cross as one of his fellow scientists who will have to disarm the device once located, and Sheila Manahan as his daughter lead the search for Jones and the package of destruction he has.

Despite the fact that it was a technological impossibility in 1950, Seven Days To Noon is still an effective thriller of a film, worthy of a Hitchcock. It's interesting that they came close to getting Jones a few times before they do catch up. Best in the film is Olive Sloane the frowzy former music hall entertainer who Jones holds as a hostage for a while. She wants to do her bit as well as she's trying to get to Aldershot to entertain the troops.

Seven Days To Noon got an Oscar for Best Screen Story. It remains one of the few films that actually grew technologically and became more relevant now than when it first came out.

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