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Seven Days to Noon

Thriller & Mystery • Drama, Thriller, UR

A gripping apocalyptic thriller from the Boulting Brothers, the relevance of which remains undiminished today. Praised upon its release as 'the most intelligent film so far to touch upon one of the problems confronting an atomic age', it used some 70 locations around London and remains a vivid snapshot of the postwar city and its populace, particularly in its astonishing scenes of mass evacuation.

Tags
Nuclear warfare
Cast
Barry Jones Professor John Francis Willingdon
Olive Sloan Goldie Phillips
Andre Morell Superintendent Folland
Crew
Roy Boulting director

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