

The President Vanishes
DirectorWilliam A. Wellman
“SENSATIONAL!...DYNAMIC! A SMASHING, DRAMATIC STORY SO STARTLING THE AUTHOR DARED NOT SIGN HIS NAME!”
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.
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Cast

Edward Arnold
Secretary of War Wardell

Arthur Byron
President Stanley Craig

Paul Kelly
Chick Moffat

Peggy Conklin
Alma Cronin

Andy Devine
Val Orcott

Rosalind Russell
Sally Voorman

Janet Beecher
Mrs. Craig

Osgood Perkins
Harris Brownell

Sidney Blackmer
D.L. Voorman

Edward Ellis
Lincoln Lee

Irene Franklin
Mrs. Orcott

Charley Grapewin
Richard Norton
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