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Vanished

  • TV Mini Series
  • 1971
  • 3h 16m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
146
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Vanished (1971)
CrimeDramaMystery

Government agencies investigate the mysterious disappearance of a powerful Presidential adviser.Government agencies investigate the mysterious disappearance of a powerful Presidential adviser.Government agencies investigate the mysterious disappearance of a powerful Presidential adviser.

  • Stars
    • Richard Widmark
    • Skye Aubrey
    • Tom Bosley
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    7.0/10
    146
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    • Stars
      • Richard Widmark
      • Skye Aubrey
      • Tom Bosley
    • 5User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 8 nominations total

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    Richard Widmark
    Richard Widmark
    • President Paul Roudebush
    Skye Aubrey
    Skye Aubrey
    • Jill Nichols
    Tom Bosley
    Tom Bosley
    • Johnny Cavanaugh
    James Farentino
    James Farentino
    • Gene Culligan
    Larry Hagman
    Larry Hagman
    • Jerry Freytag
    Murray Hamilton
    Murray Hamilton
    • Nick McCann
    Arthur Hill
    Arthur Hill
    • Arnold Greer
    Robert Hooks
    Robert Hooks
    • Larry Storm
    E.G. Marshall
    E.G. Marshall
    • Arthur Ingram
    Eleanor Parker
    Eleanor Parker
    • Sue Greer
    William Shatner
    William Shatner
    • Dave Paulick
    Robert Young
    Robert Young
    • Sen. Earl Gannon
    Chet Huntley
    Chet Huntley
    • Newscaster
    Betty White
    Betty White
    • TV Hostess
    Stephen McNally
    Stephen McNally
    • Gen. Palfrey
    Sheree North
    Sheree North
    • Beverly West
    Robert Lipton
    Robert Lipton
    • Mike Loomis
    Jim Davis
    Jim Davis
    • Capt. Cooledge
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      Television debut of Richard Widmark.
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      Featured in The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971)

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    Real-life parallel
    First of all, I admit this is not really a review of "Vanished". I have not seen it. But I do want to comment on the real-life episode that reportedly inspired the novel on which "Vanished" is based: About 4 weeks prior to the 1964 presidential election, Lyndon Johnson's chief-of-staff -- a 46-year-old husband and father of six named Walter Jenkins -- was arrested and charged with Disorderly Conduct following an incident in the men's bathroom of a YMCA located in Washington, DC. Jenkins had worked for LBJ since 1939 and had been his top administrative aide since 1945. It later emerged that Jenkins had been involved in a similar incident in January 1959 (while Johnson was Senate Majority Leader) but that had been covered up somehow.

    In 1964, homosexuality was still such a taboo subject in American society that the media simply did not discuss the matter for about 7 days following the arrest, even though the reporters knew about it. Finally, after a week, the story "broke", even though most public discussion took place without mentioning the word "homosexuality".

    Johnson's Republican opponent, Senator Goldwater of Arizona, actually knew Jenkins from their service in the Air Force Reserves and his comments were very restrained. Goldwater's VP-nominee, an obscure Congressman from Buffalo NY, was a bit less subtle, but even so the whole matter received a tiny fraction of the attention it would have received in later years. (Imagine if George W. Bush's chief-of-staff had been arrested for same-sex solicitation a month prior to the 2004 election. That would not have been simply "the lead" story in the national media, it would have been virtually THE ONLY story.)

    The author Fletcher Knebel published the novel "Vanished" in 1968, about 3-4 years after the Jenkins episode, and then the TV-movie was originally aired in March 1971. So the movie was not -- as another reviewer wrote -- "filmed during the height of the Watergate scandal", which I think most people would place 2-3 years later.
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    • Release date
      • March 8, 1971 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 失踪
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal Television
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    • Runtime
      3 hours 16 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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