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.