Seven Days to Noon

Seven Days to Noon - 1950 | 93 mins | Thriller, Drama | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Roy Boulting.
Producer: John Boulting.
Associate Producer: Peter de Sarigny.
Script: Roy Boulting and Frank Harvey. (based on a story by Paul Dehn and James Bernard)
Cinematography: Gilbert Taylor and Ray Sturgess.
Editing: Roy Boulting.
Art Direction: John Elphick.
Costume Design: Honoria Plesch.
Sound/Sound Designer: Bert Ross.
Music: John Addison.
Music Direction: Dr. Hubert Clifford.

The Cast

Barry Jones - Prof. Willingdon
Olive Sloane - Goldie
Andre Morell - Supt. Folland
Sheila Manahan - Ann Willingdon
Hugh Cross - Stephen Lane
Joan Hickson - Mrs. Peckett
Ronald Adam - The Prime Minister

Plot Synopsis

The Boulting Brothers abandon their usual comic style for this gripping thriller with a message. Seven Days to Noon won an Oscar for Best Motion Picture Story.

In an attempt to fight fire with fire, nuclear scientist Prof Bullington (Barry Jones) steals a nuclear bomb and sends a letter to the Prime Minister threatening to blow up the Houses of Parliament unless the government meets his demand to stop atomic weapon research. Bullington gives the government until noon the following Sunday to meet his demands, the authorities say he's mad, but he appears coldly sane in a world close to Armageddon. Scotland Yard immediately put superintendent Folland (Andre Morell) on to the case of searching for the professor. As London is evacuated the tension builds to an almost unbearable level as the days slip by and the deadline for the obliteration of London approaches.