Summary
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.
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Cast
Kevin Costner
Kenneth O'Donnell
Bruce Greenwood
John F. Kennedy
Steven Culp
Robert F. Kennedy
Dylan Baker
Robert McNamara
Michael Fairman
Adlai Stevenson
Henry Strozier
Dean Rusk
Frank Wood
McGeorge Bundy
Kevin Conway
Gen. Curtis LeMay
Tim Kelleher
Ted Sorensen
Len Cariou
Dean Acheson
Bill Smitrovich
Gen. Maxwell Taylor
Shawn Driscoll
U-2 Pilot
Stephanie Romanov
Jacqueline Kennedy
Lucinda Jenney
Helen O'Donnell
Caitlin Wachs
Kathy O'Donnell
Jon Foster
Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.
Bruce Thomas
Floyd
Dakin Matthews
Arthur Lundahl
Colette O'Connell
Kenny's Assistant #2
Karen Ludwig
Operator Margaret
Audrey Rapoport
White House Operator #1
Marliese Schneider
White House Operator #2
Ed Lauter
Gen. Marshall Carter
James Karen
George Ball
Peter White
John McCone
Kelly Connell
Pierre Salinger
Olek Krupa
Andrei Gromyko
Elya Baskin
Anotoly Dobrinyn
Timothy Jerome
Journalist
Jack McGee
Richard J. Daley
John Aylward
Orville Dryfoos
Madison Mason
Adm. George Anderson
Christopher Lawford
Cmdr. William B. Ecker
David O'Donnell
Lt. Bruce Wilhemy
Benjamin Koldyke
RF-8 Pilot
Thomas Roberts
Sonar Operator
Michael Gaston
Captain of USS Pierce
J. Tucker Smith
Captain of USS Kennedy
Chris Henry Coffey
Officer of Destroyer
Oleg Vidov
Valerian Zorin
Alex Veadov
Radio Room Operator #3
Jack Blessing
John Scali
Tom Everett
Walter Sheridan
Karl Makinen
Young FBI Agent
Boris Lee Krutonog
Alexander Fomin
Charles Esten
Maj. Rudolf Anderson
Allan Graf
Football Referee
Robert Miranda
RFK's Driver
Todd Sible
RFK's Staffer
Greg Bronson
Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ryder Davis
Boy Scout (uncredited)
Armen Garo
Crewman on Freighter (uncredited)
Phil Hawn
UN Administrator (uncredited)
Rick Kain
Carpenter (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy
Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pramod Kumar
U Thant (uncredited)
Richard Rossi
Reporter (uncredited)
Brad Yoder
Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited)