Plot
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Cast
Burt Lancaster
Gen. James Mattoon Scott
Kirk Douglas
Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
Fredric March
President Jordan Lyman
Ava Gardner
Eleanor Holbrook
Edmond O'Brien
Sen. Raymond Clark
Martin Balsam
Paul Girard
Andrew Duggan
Col. William "Mutt" Henderson
Hugh Marlowe
Harold McPherson
Whit Bissell
Sen. Frederick Prentice
Helen Kleeb
Esther Townsend
George Macready
Christopher Todd
Richard Anderson
Col. Murdock
Crew
Edward Lewis
Producer
Ellsworth Fredericks
Director of Photography
Rod Serling
Screenplay
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
John Frankenheimer
Director
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