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The President Vanishes (1934) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

William A. Wellman

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Ben Hecht ... (uncredited)
Charles MacArthur ... (uncredited)
Lynn Starling ... (dialogue)
Rex Stout ... (novel)
Carey Wilson
Cedric Worth

Cast (in credits order)  

Edward Arnold ... Secretary of War Lewis Wardell
Arthur Byron ... President Craig Stanley
Paul Kelly ... Chick Moffat
Peggy Conklin ... Alma Cronin
Andy Devine ... Valentine Orcott
Janet Beecher ... Mrs. Mary Stanley
Osgood Perkins ... Harris Brownell
Sidney Blackmer ... D.L. Voorman
Edward Ellis ... Lincoln Lee
Irene Franklin ... Mrs. Orcott
Charley Grapewin ... Richard Norton
Rosalind Russell ... Sally Voorman
Robert McWade ... Vice Presient Robert Molleson
DeWitt Jennings ... Edward Cullen
Walter Kingsford ... Martin Drew
Douglas Wood ... Roger Grant
Charles Richman ... Judge Corcoran
Paul Harvey ... Skinner
Jason Robards Sr. ... Kilbourne
Harry Woods ... James Kramer
Tom Dugan ... Nolan
Martha Mayo Martha Mayo ... Mrs. Delling
Charles K. French ... Legislator
William Worthington ... Legislator
William J. Holmes William J. Holmes ... Legislator
Charles Meakin ... Legislator
Art Howard Art Howard ... Legislator
Ed Lewis ... Legislator
Edmund Mortimer ... Cabinet Member
Emmett King Emmett King ... Legislator
Edgar Sherrod ... Legislator
Henry Hebert ... Legislator
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Irving Bacon ... Gray Shirt Garage Attendant (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston Eddie Fetherston ... Radio Man at President's Speech (uncredited)
Creighton Hale ... Wardell's Secretary (uncredited)
Sam Hayes ... Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Robert Homans ... Cop on the Beat (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint ... Cabinet Member (uncredited)
J. Carrol Naish ... Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited)
Lee Phelps Lee Phelps ... Lee - One of Wardell's Strong Arm Men (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard ... White House Butler (uncredited)
John St. Polis ... Attorney General Davis (uncredited)
Larry Steers ... One of Wardell's Strong Arm Men (uncredited)
Harry Strang ... Annapolis Academy Gatekeeper (uncredited)

Produced by 

Walter Wanger ... producer

Music by 

Edward B. Powell ... (uncredited)
Hugo Riesenfeld ... (uncredited)
Clifford Vaughan ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by 

Barney McGill

Editing by 

Hanson T. Fritch

Art Direction by 

Sidney Ullman

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Dolph Zimmer ... assistant director

Sound Department 

Hugo Grenzbach ... sound

Music Department 

Hugo Riesenfeld ... musical setting (as Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld)

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