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The President's Plane Is Missing

The President's Plane Is Missing

The countdown is on. The crisis is building. The fate of the country depends on the next 24 hours.

1973•1h 37m•6.3/10
DramaMysteryThrillerTV Movie

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6.3/10(7)

When the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board, it is left to the seemingly weak Vice President to try to avert a nuclear exchange with the Chinese.

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Production

ABC Circle Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Buddy Ebsen

Buddy Ebsen

Vice President Kermit Madigan

Peter Graves

Peter Graves

Mark Jones

Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Gunther Damon

Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey

Mercedes McCambridge

Mercedes McCambridge

Hester Madigan

Rip Torn

Rip Torn

George Oldenburg

Louise Sorel

Louise Sorel

Joanna Spencer

James Wainwright

James Wainwright

Gen. Dunbar

Dabney Coleman

Dabney Coleman

Sen. Bert Haines

Joseph Campanella

Joseph Campanella

Col. Doug Henderson

Richard Eastham

Richard Eastham

Gen. Colton

Jim B. Smith

Maj. Earl Foster

Tod Andrews

Tod Andrews

President Jeremy Haines

Maida Severn

Maida Severn

Judy Nance

Ivan Bonar

Ivan Bonar

Colonel to Dunbar

Gary Haynes

Rod Pitcher

Patty Bodeen

Girl in Desert

Robert Reiser

Boy in Desert

Byron Morrow

Byron Morrow

Adm. Phillips

Bill Walker

Bill Walker

Thomas

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