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