Seven Days to Noon

Seven Days to Noon

A Boulting Bros. Thriller With a Difference!

1950 · 94 min · ★ 6.8 · Thriller

When Professor Willingdon becomes wary of the nuclear weapons he is helping build, he steals a warhead and threatens to detonate it in London in seven days unless the government begins nuclear disarmament. As Willingdon goes into hiding, Detective Folland of Scotland Yard sets out to find him. Willingdon's daughter Ann also joins the cause, hoping she can talk sense into her father before he causes a catastrophe.

Directed by John Boulting · Written by Roy Boulting

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Barry Jones Professor John Malcolm Francis Willingdon
André Morell Superintendent G.W. Folland
Olive Sloane Goldie Phillips
Sheila Manahan Ann Willingdon
Hugh Cross Stephen Lane
Joan Hickson Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
Ronald Adam Arthur Lytton, the Prime Minister
Marie Ney Mrs. Willingdon
Joss Ackland Station Policeman
Marianne Stone Woman in Phone Box
John Stratton Army Mechanic
George Spence Man on Bus (uncredited)

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