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Status
Released
Release
1973
Runtime
1h 37m
"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.
37 Cast Members
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
Richard Eastham
Gen. Colton
Jim B. Smith
Maj. Earl Foster
Tod Andrews
President Jeremy Haines
Maida Severn
Judy Nance
Ivan Bonar
Colonel to Dunbar
Gary Haynes
Rod Pitcher
Patty Bodeen
Girl in Desert
Robert Reiser
Boy in Desert
Byron Morrow
Adm. Phillips
Bill Walker
Thomas
