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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.
87 cast members
As
Kenneth O'Donnell
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert McNamara
Adlai Stevenson
Dean Rusk
McGeorge Bundy
Gen. Curtis LeMay
Ted Sorensen
Dean Acheson
Gen. Maxwell Taylor
U-2 Pilot
Jacqueline Kennedy
Helen O'Donnell
Kathy O'Donnell
Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.
Floyd
Arthur Lundahl
Kenny's Assistant #2
Operator Margaret
White House Operator #1
White House Operator #2
Gen. Marshall Carter
George Ball
John McCone
Pierre Salinger
Andrei Gromyko
Anotoly Dobrinyn
Journalist
Richard J. Daley
Orville Dryfoos
Adm. George Anderson
Cmdr. William B. Ecker
Lt. Bruce Wilhemy
RF-8 Pilot
Sonar Operator
Captain of USS Pierce
Captain of USS Kennedy
Officer of Destroyer
Valerian Zorin
Radio Room Operator #3
John Scali
Walter Sheridan
Young FBI Agent
Alexander Fomin
Maj. Rudolf Anderson
Football Referee
RFK's Driver
RFK's Staffer
Aerial Coordinator
Pilot
Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Boy Scout (uncredited)
Crewman on Freighter (uncredited)
UN Administrator (uncredited)
Carpenter (uncredited)
Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
U Thant (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited)
1995
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