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
as Vice President Kermit Madigan
Peter Graves
as Mark Jones
Arthur Kennedy
as Gunther Damon
Raymond Massey
as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
Mercedes McCambridge
as Hester Madigan
Rip Torn
as George Oldenburg
Louise Sorel
as Joanna Spencer
James Wainwright
as Gen. Dunbar
Dabney Coleman
as Sen. Bert Haines
Joseph Campanella
as Col. Doug Henderson
Richard Eastham
as Gen. Colton
Jim B. Smith
as Maj. Earl Foster
