"The most powerful docudrama ever produced on The Cuban Missile Crisis"

1974

2h 30m

7.5(14 votes)

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

Based in part on Robert F. Kennedy's book, "Thirteen Days," this film profiles the Kennedy Administration's actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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16 members

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William Devane

President John F. Kennedy

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Ralph Bellamy

U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson

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Howard Da Silva

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev

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James Hong

U.N. Secretary-General U Thant

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Martin Sheen

Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy

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James T. Callahan

David Powers, Special Assistant to the President

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Peter Canon

Admiral's Aide

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Keene Curtis

John McCone, Director CIA

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Charles Cyphers

Press Photographer

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Clifford David

Theodore Sorensen, Special Counsel

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Francis De Sales

Senator

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John Dehner

Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson

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Peter Donat

David Ormsby-Gore, British Ambassador to U.S.

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Andrew Duggan

Gen. Maxwell Taylor, Army Chief of Staff

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Richard Eastham

Gen. David M. Shoup, USMC Commandant

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Robert P. Lieb

Gen. Curtis LeMay - Air Force Chief of Staff

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