The President's Plane Is Missing

TV Movie
1973
1h 40m

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Incompetent Vice President Kermit Madigan takes control of the government after the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board.Incompetent Vice President Kermit Madigan takes control of the government after the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board.Incompetent Vice President Kermit Madigan takes control of the government after the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board.

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5.9/10

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Trivia
Filmed in 1971 but delayed for airing by ABC because that was the year of President Richard Nixon's trip to China and they didn't want to show the Chinese as villains.

Goofs
John Amos' character is listed in the credits as "Marine Corporal", and the reporter Damon, when surprised at how little security is at the desert military compound, refers to "one lousy corporal" guarding the gate. In fact the stripes on John Amos' uniform are clearly visible and show him to be a 3-stripe sergeant.

Quotes
Vice President Kermit Madigan: Lost it? How do you lose the President's airplane?

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7/10

Doesn't quite have the intensity and machinations of the classics

This political mystery thriller involves as the title says, the President's plane is lost from radar and the mystery begins. In the same tone and ambiance of Seven Days in May (1964) about a military coup of the American government or Fail Safe (1964) that came out the same year about a B-52 nuclear armed bomber appearing to be going towards Russia, The President's Plane is Missing doesn't quite have the intensity and machinations of those movies, yet its more slow-paced, long on narrative and less on action in some ways reflects a more deliberate and believable storyline that even excels over relatively more recent political thrillers such as Clear and Present Danger (1994). Somewhat dated now this movie still offers a strong dose of theater that upon further consideration is a solid, if not spectacular, solid mystery as a similar vein as Fate is the Hunter (1964) about a mystery involving the crash of a commercial airliner.