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Director:
Daryl Duke
Writers:
Mark Carliner (writer)
Ernest Kinoy (writer)
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Release Date:
23 October 1973 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
An incompetent Vice President is in control of the government after the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board. full summary | add synopsis
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well-done adaptation of Serling book ... more (1 total)

Cast

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Buddy Ebsen ... Vice President Kermit Madigan
Peter Graves ... Mark Jones
Arthur Kennedy ... Gunther Damon
Raymond Massey ... Secretary Of State Freeman Sharkey
Mercedes McCambridge ... Hester Madigan

Rip Torn ... George Oldenburg

Louise Sorel ... Joanna Spencer
James Wainwright ... Gen. Dunbar

Dabney Coleman ... Sen. Bert Haines
Joseph Campanella ... Col. Doug Henderso
Tod Andrews ... President Jeremy Haines
Richard Eastham ... Gen. Colton
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Amos ... Marine corporal
George Barrows ... Mr. Moyers
Patty Bodeen ... Girl in desert
Ivan Bonar ... Colonel to Dunbar
Richard Bull ... First controller
Jeff Burton ... Reporter
Barry Cahill ... Ground crew chief
Darlene Conley
Jerry Crews ... News cameraman
James W. Gavin ... Helicopter pilot
Gary Haynes ... Rod Pitcher
Hoke Howell ... Control supervisor
Lillian Lehman ... Genesse

Barbara Leigh ... WAF
Byron Morrow ... Adm. Phillips
Gil Peterson ... Tower controller
John Rayner ... Aide to Gen. Colton
Robert Reiser ... Boy in desert
Maida Severn ... Judy Nance
James Sikking ... Bodine (aide to Gen. Dunbar)
Howard K. Smith ... Himself

Jim B. Smith ... Maj. Earl Foster
Richard Stahl ... Dentist
Dale Tarter ... Airman
Bill Walker ... Thomas
John Ward ... Maj. D'Andrea
Vernon Weddle ... Controller #2
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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
ABC Circle Films more

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Trivia:
Filmed in 1971 but delayed for airing by ABC because that was the year of President Richard Nixon's trip to China and they didn't want to show the Chinese as villains. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): As the bodies from the crash are being recovered, Mark Jones walks up to General Dunbar and addresses him as Colonel Dunbar. more

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well-done adaptation of Serling book ..., 10 August 2000
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Author: yortsnave from Columbus, OH USA

I saw this on TV back in the 1970s, and again on video in the 1990s. It is a well-done political/mystery movie, a pleasant evening's diversion. The cast and plot are solid. I read Robert J. Serling's novel recently; the movie holds up well against the book.

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