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Seven Days to Noon

Seven Days to Noon

A Boulting Bros. Thriller With a Difference!

19506.81h 34m

Overview

When Professor Willingdon becomes wary of the nuclear weapons he is helping build, he steals a warhead and threatens to detonate it in London in seven days unless the government begins nuclear disarmament. As Willingdon goes into hiding, Detective Folland of Scotland Yard sets out to find him. Willingdon's daughter Ann also joins the cause, hoping she can talk sense into her father before he causes a catastrophe.

Directed by Roy Boulting
Written by James Bernard, Paul Dehn, Roy Boulting
Produced by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
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Top Cast

Barry Jones

Barry Jones

Professor John Malcolm Francis Willingdon

André Morell

André Morell

Superintendent G.W. Folland

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Olive Sloane

Goldie Phillips

Sheila Manahan

Sheila Manahan

Ann Willingdon

Hugh Cross

Hugh Cross

Stephen Lane

Joan Hickson

Joan Hickson

Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett

Ronald Adam

Ronald Adam

Arthur Lytton, the Prime Minister

Marie Ney

Marie Ney

Mrs. Willingdon

Joss Ackland

Joss Ackland

Station Policeman

Marianne Stone

Marianne Stone

Woman in Phone Box

Themes & Keywords

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About Seven Days to Noon

Seven Days to Noon is a thriller film released in 1950 exploring themes of atomic bomb, scotland yard. Directed by Roy Boulting, it stars Barry Jones, André Morell, Olive Sloane. When Professor Willingdon becomes wary of the nuclear weapons he is helping build, he steals a warhead and threatens to detonate it in London in seven days unless the government begins nuclear disarmament. As Willingdon goes into hiding, Detective Folland of Scotland Yard sets out to find him. Willingdon's daughter Ann also joins the cause, hoping she can talk sense into her father before he causes a catastrophe.

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