History Thriller
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
Directed by
Roger Donaldson
Kevin Costner
Kenneth O'Donnell
Bruce Greenwood
John F. Kennedy
Ilya Baskin
Anotoly Dobrinyn
Michael Gaston
Captain of USS Pierce
Steven Culp
Robert F. Kennedy
Dylan Baker
Robert McNamara
Len Cariou
Dean Acheson
Olek Krupa
Andrei Gromyko
Kevin Conway
Gen. Curtis LeMay
Dakin Matthews
Arthur Lundahl
Lucinda Jenney
Helen O'Donnell
Ed Lauter
Gen. Marshall Carter
Jack McGee
Richard J. Daley
James Karen
George Ball
Charles Esten
Maj. Rudolf Anderson
Bruce Thomas
Floyd
Bill Smitrovich
Gen. Maxwell Taylor
Alex Veadov
Radio Room Operator #3
Tom Everett
Walter Sheridan
Robert Miranda
RFK's Driver
Karl Makinen
Young FBI Agent
Allan Graf
Football Referee
Jack Blessing
John Scali
Madison Mason
Adm. George Anderson
Peter White
John McCone
Caitlin Wachs
Kathy O'Donnell
Michael Fairman
Adlai Stevenson
Tim Kelleher
Ted Sorensen
Jon Foster
Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.
John Aylward
Orville Dryfoos
Boris Lee Krutonog
Alexander Fomin
Oleg Vidov
Valerian Zorin
John F. Kennedy
Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Wood
McGeorge Bundy
Karen Ludwig
Operator Margaret
Chris Henry Coffey
Officer of Destroyer
Stephanie Romanov
Jacqueline Kennedy
Henry Strozier
Dean Rusk
David O'Donnell
Lt. Bruce Wilhemy
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Greg Bronson
Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Benjamin Koldyke
RF-8 Pilot
Shawn Driscoll
U-2 Pilot
Christopher Lawford
Cmdr. William B. Ecker
Armen Garo
Crewman on Freighter (uncredited)
Kelly Connell
Pierre Salinger
Pramod Kumar
U Thant (uncredited)
Colette O'Connell
Kenny's Assistant #2
Richard Rossi
Reporter (uncredited)
J. Tucker Smith
Captain of USS Kennedy
Timothy Jerome
Journalist
Todd Sible
RFK's Staffer
Phil Hawn
UN Administrator (uncredited)
Thomas Roberts
Sonar Operator
Marliese Schneider
White House Operator #2
Audrey Rapoport
White House Operator #1
Ryder Davis
Boy Scout (uncredited)
Brad Yoder
Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited)
Drake Cook
Mark O'Donnell
Matthew Dunn
Kevin O'Donnell
Kevin O'Donnell
NPIC Photo Interpreter
Janet Coleman
Evelyn Lincoln
Walter Adrian
Lyndon Johnson
Dan Ziskie
Gen. Walter 'Cam' Sweeney
Lamar Smith
Aide
Vivien Straus
White House Aide
Gene Del Bianco
Petty Officer
Daniel Vergara
OAS Secretary General José A. Mora
Ruben Moreno
Argentine Diplomat
Sean Bergin
Chief Sonarman
Alan Francis Sullivan
Executive Officer of USS Pierce
Robert Munstis
Radio Room Operator #1
Joseph Repoff
Radio Room Operator #2
Radu Gavor
Romanian Delegate
Zitto Kazann
Chilean Delegate
Charles Barrett
Air Force NCO
Darryl Smith
Football Coach
Marya Kazakova
Soviet Woman
Michael R. Bowman
Aide to JFK (uncredited)
Roger Ferreira
Army Lieutenant General (uncredited)
Gilley Grey
Air Force Pilot (uncredited)
Steven Koller
White House Staff (uncredited)
Larry Strauss
Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon (uncredited)

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