Seven Days to Noon
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| Directed by |
John Boulting Roy Boulting |
| Produced by | John Boulting Roy Boulting |
| Written by |
James Bernard Roy Boulting Paul Dehn Frank Harvey |
| Starring | Barry Jones |
| Music by | John Addison (composing debut) |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor |
| Edited by | John Boulting Roy Boulting |
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| Distributed by | British Lion Films (UK) |
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94 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Seven Days to Noon is a 1950 British drama / thriller film directed by John Boulting and Roy Boulting. Based on the book, Un Nazi en Manhattan, written by Fernando Josseau, Paul Dehn and James Bernard won the Academy Award for Best Story for this film.
In the early 1950s, the British Prime Minister (Ronald Adam) is sent a letter by Professor Willingdon (Barry Jones), who works at Britain's atomic weapons development facility, the (fictitious) Wallingford Research Centre, from which he has surreptitiously taken a nuclear warhead. It is a very explicit threat that Willingdon will destroy the centre of London in a week's time, at noon (hence the film title), unless the British government declares that it is to stop all stockpiling of nuclear warheads. Detective Superintendent Folland (André Morell) of Scotland Yard's Special Branch is charged with tracking down Willingdon and stopping him.
Arriving at the Wallingford Research Centre (based on the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment {AWRE} at Aldermaston), Folland's team find Willingdon missing, along with a nuclear bomb. Willingdon's assistant Lane (Hugh Cross) is recruited to help and they return to London to search for him.
Willingdon, carrying his bomb in a Gladstone bag, finds lodgings with Mrs Peckitt (Joan Hickson), but spooks her with his constant pacing around his room during the night. The following morning, he leaves early and, seeing a 'wanted' poster with his face, disguises himself with a new coat and having his moustache shaved off.
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