Seven Days to Noon (1950)

Directed by

John Boulting, Roy Boulting

Genre

drama film, crime film, political thriller film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man steals a nuclear bomb and threatens to set it off in London unless the Prime Minister meets his demands. The authorities scramble to find him before the deadline runs out.

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What happens

Seven Days to Noon (also known as Ultimatum) is a 1950 British political thriller film directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting and starring Barry Jones, Olive Sloane and André Morell. It was written by Frank Harvey and Roy Boulting based on a story by Paul Dehn and James Bernard. The British Prime Minister is blackmailed by a man who has stolen a nuclear weapon and threatens to destroy London. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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