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DRAMA

THRILLER

A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

name	character
Richard Anderson	Col. Murdock
Malcolm Atterbury	Horace - White House Physician
Martin Balsam	Paul Girard
Whit Bissell	Sen. Frederick Prentice
Robert Brubaker	Gen. Diefenbach
Bart Burns	Art Corwin
Kirk Douglas	Col. Martin 'Jiggs' Casey
Andrew Duggan	Col. William 'Mutt' Henderson
Ava Gardner	Eleanor Holbrook
Chuck Hamilton	Reporter
John Houseman	Vice-Adm. Farley C. Barnswell
Helen Kleeb	Esther Townsend
Burt Lancaster	Gen. James Mattoon Scott
George Macready	Christopher Todd
Fredric March	President Jordan Lyman
Hugh Marlowe	Harold McPherson
Jack Mullaney	Lt. (j.g.) Dorsey Grayson
Edmond O'Brien	Sen. Raymond Clark

name
Charles W. Bailey II	writer (original)
John Frankenheimer	director
Jerry Goldsmith	composer
Fletcher Knebel	writer (original)
Edward Lewis	producer
Rod Serling	screenplay

year	award	category	name
1964	Golden Globe Award	Best Supporting Actor	Edmond O'Brien