Seven Days in May
In 1970, with tensions still high between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, Colonel Jiggs Casey, a Marine Corps officer, uncovers a shocking plot: the highly decorated Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General James Mattoon Scott, is orchestrating a military coup to overthrow U.S. President Jordan Lyman. The plot, codenamed "Operation Hourglass," is motivated by Scott's and other high-ranking officers' strong opposition to President Lyman's recent nuclear disarmament treaty with the Soviets, which they believe endangers national security. Casey, a loyal subordinate but committed to the Constitution, reluctantly brings the evidence to President Lyman, who must then secretly gather irrefutable proof within seven days to expose the conspiracy and avert a civil war without triggering panic or giving the popular General Scott a chance to rally public support against the President. As the deadline approaches, the President's loyal team, including his aide Paul Girard, races to obtain a critical confession and other concrete evidence from a remote Texas base where the conspirators are massing, ultimately forcing Scott to back down and resign, thus preventing the military takeover and preserving American democracy.
