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.
Cast
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
Richard Bull
First Controller
Vernon Weddle
Second Controller
Hoke Howell
Control Supervisor
Richard Stahl
Dentist
Gil Peterson
Tower Controller
Dale Tarter
Airman
James W. Gavin
Helicopter Pilot
Barry Cahill
Ground Crew Chief
Lillian Lehman
Genesse
James B. Sikking
Aide to Dunbar
Barbara Leigh
WAF
Jerry Crews
News Cameraman
Jeff Burton
Reporter
John Rayner
Aide to Colton
George Barrows
Mr. Meyers
John Amos
Marine Corporal
John Ward
Maj. D'Andrea
Crew
Daryl Duke
Director
Ernest Kinoy
Teleplay
Mark Carliner
Teleplay, Producer
Robert J. Serling
Novel
John F. Link
Editor
Richard C. Glouner
Director of Photography
Peter Gettinger
Co-Producer
Joe Scully
Casting
Lynn Masters
Hairstylist
Robert Sidell
Makeup Artist
Gil Mellé
Original Music Composer
James L. Berkey
Set Decoration
Bill Dietz
Property Master
James Hulsey
Art Direction
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