Seven Days in May is Kirk Douglas's memoir.
Kirk Douglas . He produced and starred in Lonely Are the Brave ( 1962 ) , considered a cult classic , and Seven Days in May ( 1964 ) , opposite Burt Lancaster , with whom he made seven films . Seven Days in May . The screenplay was written by Rod Serling based on the novel of the same name by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II , published in September 1962 . Seven Days in May is a political thriller novel by Charles W. Bailey II and Fletcher Knebel , first published in hardcover by Harper & Row in 1962 .