The President Vanishes (1934)

Mystery
Crime

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.

Cast

Secretary of War Wardell
Edward Arnold
President Stanley Craig
Arthur Byron
Mrs. Orcott
Irene Franklin
Richard Norton
Charley Grapewin
Vice Presient Molleson
Robert McWade
Cullen
DeWitt Jennings
Drew
Walter Kingsford
Roger Grant
Douglas Wood
Corcoran
Charles Richman
Skinner
Paul Harvey
Kilbourne
Jason Robards Sr.
Kramer
Harry Woods
Chick Moffat
Paul Kelly
Nolan
Tom Dugan
Mrs. Delling
M Martha Mayo
Legislator
Charles K. French
Legislator
William Worthington
Legislator
W William J. Holmes
Legislator
Charles Meakin
Legislator
A Art Howard
Legislator
E Ed Lewis
Legislator
E Edmund Mortimer
Legislator
Emmett King
Alma Cronin
Peggy Conklin
Legislator
E Edgar Sherrod
Legislator
Henry Hebert
Mrs. Delling
Clara Blandick
Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited)
J. Carrol Naish
Gray Shirt Garage Attendant (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Radio Man at President's Speech (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Sam Hayes
Cop on the Beat (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Attorney General Davis (uncredited)
John St. Polis
Val Orcott
Andy Devine
Sally Voorman
Rosalind Russell
Mrs. Craig
Janet Beecher
Harris Brownell
Osgood Perkins
D.L. Voorman
Sidney Blackmer
Lincoln Lee
Edward Ellis

Crew

Director
William A. Wellman
Producer
W Walter Wanger
Director of Photography
B Barney McGill
Editor
H Hanson T. Fritch
Art Direction
S Sidney Ullman
Assistant Director
D Dolph Zimmer
Sound
H Hugo Grenzbach
Original Music Composer
E Edward B. Powell
Original Music Composer
Hugo Riesenfeld
Original Music Composer
C Clifford Vaughan
Novel
Rex Stout
Writer
Carey Wilson
Writer
C Cedric Worth
Writer
Ben Hecht
Writer
Charles MacArthur