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Seven Days to Noon

Year:

1950

Duration:

94 min

Genres:

Thriller | Drama

IMDB rate:

7.2

Director:

John Boulting

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1950-12-18

Filming Locations: Trafalgar Square, St James's, London, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Patrick Macnee

Barry Jones

Professor Willingdon

Olive Sloane

Goldie

André Morell

Superintendent Folland

Sheila Manahan

Ann Willingdon

Hugh Cross

Stephen Lane

Joan Hickson

Mrs. Peckett

Ronald Adam

The Prime Minister

Marie Ney

Mrs. Willingdon

Wyndham Goldie

Rev. Burgess

Russell Waters

Det. Davis

Martin Boddey

Gen. Willoughby

Frederick Allen

Himself - BBC Newsreader

Victor Maddern

Private Jackson

Geoffrey Keen

Alf

Merrill Mueller

Himself - American Commentator

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

Ministry Official (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 K. Harrison

Bit Part (uncredited)

Helen Harvey

Bit Part (uncredited)

Laurence Harvey

Soldier (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)

Eve Martell

Bit Part (uncredited)

Geoffrey Matthews

Bit Part (uncredited)

Charles Maunsell

Bit Part (uncredited)

Jack May

First 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 (uncredited)

Leonard Sharp

Fred - Barman (uncredited)

Arthur Skinner

Man in Background (uncredited)

John Snagge

BBC Announcer (uncredited)

Graham Squire

Bit Part (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)

John Witty

Bit Part (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

There are a number of literary references in Seven Days to Noon: Among the jottings on Professor Willingdon's notes -- "The wicked beareth rule" is from the Bible, Proverbs 29:2 (...when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn) and "Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon the great city be cast down" Revelation 18:21; "Dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon" comes from John Milton's Samson Agonistes, a play about the biblical character, Samson, who is granted the power to destroy the temple and kill all the Philistines (and himself). The professor later quotes Revelation 6:4, "The horse came forth, the red horse, and to him that sat thereon was given to take the peace from the earth. And there was given unto him a great sword." The speaker in Hyde Park says "There shall be wars and rumors of wars." Nearly identical words are found in Matthew 24:6, Mark 13:7 and the Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 25:12. A man carries a sandwich board quoting "The wages of sin is death," again from the Bible, Romans 6:23.

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James Bernard was most famous for composing the scores to numerous Hammer horrors, including Horror of Dracula (1958). Ironically, however, it was for this film that he won his only Oscar - as co-writer.

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First original cinema score of John Addison

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Goofs

The dating of the film is imprecise: The hotel register implies an August setting (with a newspaper confirming the South of England is in the grip of the hottest August on record). The film opens on Monday, but on Wednesday Mrs Peckett's newly-delivered "Daily Express" is dated Saturday August 9th. The following day, Goldie's "Daily Graphic" is dated Friday August 11th or 14th, whilst the Downing Street calendar more accurately shows Thursday the 12th. It can be inferred that the film is meant to cover Monday 9th - Sunday 15th August 1950.

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The police notice about Willingdon is 100% accurate as to his height, complexion , eye colour etc. yet can only provide "Age about 60". It also notes he has a scar on his left shin, whilst his security details note "Nil identification marks".

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At the end of the film, Goldie finds herself on Westminster Bridge walking east (ie towards the south side of the River Thames), still trying to get a car to Aldershot. When the all clear sounds and she realises she can go home, she turns round and heads west, in the opposite direction to her home in Kennington.

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