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The President's Plane Is Missing is a american film of genre Drama directed by Daryl Duke released in USA on 23 october 1973 with Buddy Ebsen

The President's Plane Is Missing (1973)

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Released in USA 23 october 1973
Length 1h40
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller
Rating59% 2.9551652.9551652.9551652.9551652.955165

The President's Plane Is Missing is a 1973 American television film directed by Daryl Duke with a screenplay by Ernest Kinoy and Mark Carliner based upon the Robert J. Serling novel of the same name. Major cast includes Buddy Ebsen as Vice President Kermit Madigan, Raymond Massey as Secretary Of State Freeman Sharkey, Rip Torn as National Security Adviser George Oldenburg, Mercedes McCambridge as Hester Madigan, and Tod Andrews as President Jeremy Haines.

The film was originally completed for release in 1971, but due to then-President Richard Nixon's ongoing diplomatic relationship with and planned visit to China it was decided to postpone release of a film which painted China in a negative light until after Nixon's return from his visit to China. The film was subsequently released on October 23, 1973, as a period piece.

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With diplomatic tensions building and the United States facing a possible military confrontation with China, Air Force One mysteriously crashes in the desert while heading to California, killing U.S. President Jeremy Haines (Tod Andrews). While the crash is being investigated, Vice-President Kermit Madigan (Buddy Ebsen) steps up as Acting President. Unfortunately, Haines had left him uninformed of current foreign policies. Madigan must now rely on the former President's aides to fill him in on information he lacks, but the aides have their own agendas. National Security Adviser George Oldenburg (Rip Torn) claims that Haines was preparing to go to war if the Chinese did not back down, while career diplomat Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey (Raymond Massey) asserts that Haines was pursuing a peaceful solution to the problem with China. Madigan's wife Hester (Mercedes McCambridge) sees this as an opportunity to advance his career, but the Washington political community doubts his competence. In dealing with growing tensions and conflicting advice, Madigan struggles to avoid a nuclear war with the Chinese. Meanwhile, it develops that President Haines was not aboard the crashed plane after all.

Actors

Buddy Ebsen

(Vice President Kermit Madigan)
Peter Graves

(Mark Jones)
John Arthur Kennedy

(Gunther Damon)
Raymond Massey

(Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey)
Mercedes McCambridge

(Hester Madigan)
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