Seven Days to Noon (Original title)Ultimatum (Alternative title)
Date: 30 October 1950 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Roy Boulting, John Boulting
Synopsis: A professor engaged in atomic research becomes distraught to the point of madness at the thought of the ultimate warfare bound to result from his work. He threatens to blow up London within a week unless the government ends atomic research.
Genre: Thriller
Subject: Nuclear warfare
Releases
Date: 30 October 1950Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 94 mins Length: 8685 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Films in Review - v2 n2 February 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 23 Aug 1950
Title: [Variety - 23 Aug 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v19 n8 December 1950 Page: 332
Title: [Sight and Sound - v19 n8 December 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v18 n73 February 1950 Page: 13
Title: [Sight and Sound - v18 n73 February 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v17 n200 September 1950 Page: 136
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v17 n200 September 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v20 n808 28 Oct 1950 Page: 15
Title: [The Picturegoer - v20 n808 28 Oct 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v75 n6060 16 Aug 1950
Title: [Today's Cinema - v75 n6060 16 Aug 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v181 n13 30 Dec 1950 Page: 641
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v181 n13 30 Dec 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Industry v7 n54 11 Aug 1949
Title: [Film Industry - v7 n54 11 Aug 1949: no known title]Language: English
Author: JONES, Robert A. Pages: p.
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Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8683 FeetStock date: 1979BFI identifier: C-152479
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Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 30 October 1950 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Roy Boulting, John Boulting
Synopsis: A professor engaged in atomic research becomes distraught to the point of madness at the thought of the ultimate warfare bound to result from his work. He threatens to blow up London within a week unless the government ends atomic research.
Genre: Thriller
Subject: Nuclear warfare
Releases
Date: 30 October 1950Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 94 mins Length: 8685 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(66)
Presents: London Film Productions, Production Company: Charter Film Productions, Distributed by: British Lion Film Corporation, Produced by: Roy Boulting, John Boulting, Associate Producer: Peter de Sarigny, Production Manager: John Palmer, Production Secretary: Janet Dawson, Assistant Director: Mike Johnson, 2nd Assistant Director: James Shingfield, Bert Marotta, 2nd Unit Assistant Director: George Fowler, Gerard Bryant, Continuity: Shirley Barnes, 2nd Unit Continuity: E. Kelly, Casting: Dorothy Holloway, Screenplay by: Frank Harvey, Roy Boulting, From an original story by: Paul Dehn, James Bernard, Director of Photography: Gilbert Taylor, Associate Cameraman: Ray Sturgess, Camera Operator: Bob Huke, Camera Operator: Gerald Moss, Camera Operator: Dennis Fox, 2nd Unit Camera Operator: Tony Young, Focus Puller: Alfred Hicks, 2nd Unit Focus Puller: S.D. Fox, Clapper: Stan Evans, Stills Photography: Len Lee, Edited by: Roy Boulting, John Boulting, Assembly Editor: Max Benedict, Assistant Editor: Ann Chegwidden, Designer of Settings: John Elphick, Costume Designer: Honoria Plesch, Wardrobe Mistress: Elsie Altryde, Wardrobe Master: A. Walsh, Make-up: U.P. Hutchinson, Make-up Artist: Peter Evans, Supervising Hair Stylist: Joe Shear, Hair Stylist: Anne Fordyce, Music Composed by: John Addison, And [Music] Played by: The London Film Symphony Orchestra, [Music] Conducted by: Dr Hubert Clifford, Sound Recordist: Bert Ross, 2nd Unit Sound Recording: Leo Wilkins, Sound System: Western Electric, Boom Operator: Eric Cass, 2nd Unit Boom Operator: Cyril Collick, Sound Camera Operator: Basil Rootes, Sound Maintenance: Alan Blay, Dubbing: Red Law, Sound Editor: Bert Eggleton, Assistant [Sound Editor]: Ann Chegwidden, The producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of: The War Office, The producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of: Metropolitan and City of London Police, The producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of: British Railways (Southern Region), The producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of: London Transport Executive, The producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of: Port of London Authority, The producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of: The Automobile Association, The producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of: The Royal Automobile Association, The Citizens of London, Produced at: London Film Studios Shepperton
Cast
(77)
Barry Jones (Professor John Francis Willingdon), Olive Sloane (Goldie Phillips), Andre Morell (Superintendent Folland), Sheila Manahan (Ann Willingdon), Hugh Cross (Stephen Lane), Joan Hickson (Mrs Peckett), Ronald Adam (Prime Minister Arthur Lytton), Marie Ney (Mrs Willingdon), Wyndham Goldie (Reverend Burgess), Russell Waters (Davis), Martin Boddey (General Willoughby), Frederick Allen (himself, BBC Announcer), Victor Maddern (Private Jackson), Geoffrey Keen (Alf, pub customer), Merrill Mueller (American commentator), John Wilder ([Detective Sergeant Carter]), Bruce Seton ([Brigadier Grant]), Ernest Clark ([barber]), Marianne Stone ([woman in phone booth]), Joss Ackland ([constable with good idea]), John Kevan ([Major Fanshawe]), Jean Anderson ([evacuee mother]), Ian Wilson (["Wages of Sin" sandwich board man]), Sam Kydd ([soldier in Goldie's house]), Henry McGee ([soldier standing next to Private Jackson]), Gerald Andersen, Patrick Baring, Gordon Bell, Esme Beringer, Van Boolen, Joan Boxer, Robert Brooks-Turner, Robin Cole, Michael Conry, Basil Cunard, Glyn Davies, Rupert Davies, Robert Dean, Charles Doran, Jim Duggan, Edwin Ellis, Arnold English, Alec Faversham, Louise Gainsborough, Willoughby Gray, Chris Halward, Mona Harrison, Helen Harvey, Walter Horsburgh, Peter Humphries, Elaine Inescourt, James Knight, Dennis Lehrer, Gordon Littman, Charles Mansell, Eve Martell, Geoffrey Matthews, Patrick Macnee, Peter Mitchell, Ernest Priest, Joe Pring, Malcolm Russell, George Selfe, Ella Starling, John Stamp, John Stratton, Dorothy Vernon, Jean Sheppard, Barry Wicks, John Warren, John Whitty, Michael Ward, Arthur Skinner, Graham Squire, Kenneth Luckman, Maurice Colbourne ([]), Trixie ([dog])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(9)
In: Films in Review v2 n2 February 1951 Page: 36Title: [Films in Review - v2 n2 February 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 23 Aug 1950
Title: [Variety - 23 Aug 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v19 n8 December 1950 Page: 332
Title: [Sight and Sound - v19 n8 December 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v18 n73 February 1950 Page: 13
Title: [Sight and Sound - v18 n73 February 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v17 n200 September 1950 Page: 136
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v17 n200 September 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v20 n808 28 Oct 1950 Page: 15
Title: [The Picturegoer - v20 n808 28 Oct 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v75 n6060 16 Aug 1950
Title: [Today's Cinema - v75 n6060 16 Aug 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v181 n13 30 Dec 1950 Page: 641
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v181 n13 30 Dec 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Industry v7 n54 11 Aug 1949
Title: [Film Industry - v7 n54 11 Aug 1949: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(1)
Title: "Why can't you scientists leave things alone?" Science questioned in British films of the post-war period (1945-1970)Author: JONES, Robert A. Pages: p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(17)
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8689 FeetTX date: 1950Stock date: 1995BFI identifier: C-839959
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Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 92:21 minutesColour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-231372
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Description: 35mm BFI identifier: C-152484
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8632 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-152476
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 1533 FeetBFI identifier: C-152478
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-959656
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8689 FeetTX date: 1950Stock date: 1995BFI identifier: C-839959
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Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 8679 FeetStock date: 1979BFI identifier: C-152482
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Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-152485
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 9450 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-1602788
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8683 FeetStock date: 1979BFI identifier: C-152479
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Description: 35mm OriginalBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 8684 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-152480
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 8683 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-152481
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-152487
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film