The President Vanishes
SENSATIONAL!...DYNAMIC! A SMASHING, DRAMATIC STORY SO STARTLING THE AUTHOR DARED NOT SIGN HIS NAME!
1934 · 1h 20m · Approved
Crime, Mystery
Directed by
William A. Wellman
Overview
The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Walter Wanger. Starring Edward Arnold and Arthur Byron, the film is an adaptation of Rex Stout's political novel of the same name.
Director and cast
- William A. Wellman Director
- Edward Arnold as Secretary of War Wardell
- Arthur Byron as President Stanley Craig
- Paul Kelly as Chick Moffat
- Peggy Conklin as Alma Cronin
- Andy Devine as Val Orcott
- Rosalind Russell as Sally Voorman
- Janet Beecher as Mrs. Craig
- Osgood Perkins as Harris Brownell
- Sidney Blackmer as D.L. Voorman
- Edward Ellis as Lincoln Lee
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