The President Vanishes
SENSATIONAL!...DYNAMIC! A SMASHING, DRAMATIC STORY SO STARTLING THE AUTHOR DARED NOT SIGN HIS NAME!
1934 | 80m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | William A. Wellman |
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| Writer: | Cedric Worth, Charles MacArthur, Rex Stout, Carey Wilson, Ben Hecht |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 17, 1934 |
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| Director: | William A. Wellman |
| Writer: | Cedric Worth, Charles MacArthur, Rex Stout, Carey Wilson, Ben Hecht |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, president |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 31, 2026 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Robert McWade | Vice Presient Molleson |
| DeWitt Jennings | Cullen |
| Walter Kingsford | Drew |
| Douglas Wood | Roger Grant |
| Charles Richman | Corcoran |
| Paul Harvey | Skinner |
| Jason Robards Sr. | Kilbourne |
| Harry Woods | Kramer |
| Tom Dugan | Nolan |
| Martha Mayo | Mrs. Delling |
| Charles K. French | Legislator |
| William Worthington | Legislator |
| William J. Holmes | Legislator |
| Charles Meakin | Legislator |
| Art Howard | Legislator |
| Ed Lewis | Legislator |
| Edmund Mortimer | Legislator |
| Emmett King | Legislator |
| Edgar Sherrod | Legislator |
| Henry Hebert | Legislator |
| Clara Blandick | Mrs. Delling |
| J. Carrol Naish | Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited) |
| Irving Bacon | Gray Shirt Garage Attendant (uncredited) |
| Eddie Fetherston | Radio Man at President's Speech (uncredited) |
| Sam Hayes | Radio Announcer (uncredited) |
| Robert Homans | Cop on the Beat (uncredited) |
| John St. Polis | Attorney General Davis (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| William A. Wellman | Director |
| Barney McGill | Director of Photography |
| Hanson T. Fritch | Editor |
| Sidney Ullman | Art Direction |
| Dolph Zimmer | Assistant Director |
| Hugo Grenzbach | Sound |
| Edward B. Powell | Original Music Composer |
| Clifford Vaughan | Original Music Composer |
| Cedric Worth | Writer |
| Charles MacArthur | Writer |
| Hugo Riesenfeld | Original Music Composer |
| Rex Stout | Novel |
| Carey Wilson | Writer |
| Ben Hecht | Writer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Walter Wanger | Producer |
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