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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.
Edward Arnold Arthur Byron Paul Kelly Peggy Conklin Andy Devine Rosalind Russell Janet Beecher Osgood Perkins Sidney Blackmer Edward Ellis Irene Franklin Charley Grapewin Robert McWade DeWitt Jennings Walter Kingsford Douglas Wood Charles Richman Paul Harvey Jason Robards Sr. Harry Woods Tom Dugan Martha Mayo Charles K. French William Worthington William J. Holmes Charles Meakin Art Howard Ed Lewis Edmund Mortimer Emmett King Edgar Sherrod Henry Hebert Clara Blandick J. Carrol Naish Irving Bacon Eddie Fetherston Sam Hayes Robert Homans John St. Polis
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