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.
Vice President Kermit Madigan
Buddy Ebsen
Mark Jones
Peter Graves
Gunther Damon
Arthur Kennedy
Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
Raymond Massey
Hester Madigan
Mercedes McCambridge
George Oldenburg
Rip Torn
Joanna Spencer
Louise Sorel
Gen. Dunbar
James Wainwright
Sen. Bert Haines
Dabney Coleman
Col. Doug Henderson
Joseph Campanella
Gen. Colton
Richard Eastham
Maj. Earl Foster
Jim B. Smith
President Jeremy Haines
Tod Andrews
Judy Nance
Maida Severn
Colonel to Dunbar
Ivan Bonar
Rod Pitcher
Gary Haynes
Girl in Desert
Patty Bodeen
Boy in Desert
Robert Reiser
Adm. Phillips
Byron Morrow
Thomas
Bill Walker
First Controller
Richard Bull
Second Controller
Vernon Weddle
Control Supervisor
Hoke Howell
Dentist
Richard Stahl
Tower Controller
Gil Peterson
Airman
Dale Tarter
Helicopter Pilot
James W. Gavin
Ground Crew Chief
Barry Cahill
Genesse
Lillian Lehman
Aide to Dunbar
James B. Sikking
WAF
Barbara Leigh
News Cameraman
Jerry Crews
Reporter
Jeff Burton
Aide to Colton
John Rayner
Mr. Meyers
George Barrows
Marine Corporal
John Amos
Maj. D'Andrea
John Ward