You'll never believe how close we came.
7
145 min
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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Kevin Costner | Kenneth O'Donnell | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Bruce Greenwood | John F. Kennedy | Unowned |
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Steven Culp | Robert F. Kennedy | Unowned |
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Dylan Baker | Robert McNamara | Unowned |
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Michael Fairman | Adlai Stevenson | Unowned |
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Henry Strozier | Dean Rusk | Unowned |
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Frank Wood | McGeorge Bundy | Unowned |
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Kevin Conway | Gen. Curtis LeMay | Unowned |
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Tim Kelleher | Ted Sorensen | Unowned |
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Len Cariou | Dean Acheson | Unowned |
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Bill Smitrovich | Gen. Maxwell Taylor | Unowned |
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Shawn Driscoll | U-2 Pilot | Unowned |
| Drake Cook | Mark O'Donnell | Unowned | |
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Stephanie Romanov | Jacqueline Kennedy | Unowned |
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Lucinda Jenney | Helen O'Donnell | Unowned |
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Caitlin Wachs | Kathy O'Donnell | Unowned |
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Jon Foster | Kenny O'Donnell, Jr. | Unowned |
| Matthew Dunn | Kevin O'Donnell | Unowned | |
| Kevin O'Donnell | NPIC Photo Interpreter | Unowned | |
| Janet Coleman | Evelyn Lincoln | Unowned | |
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Bruce Thomas | Floyd | Unowned |
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Dakin Matthews | Arthur Lundahl | Unowned |
| Liz Sinclair | Kenny's Assistant #1 | Unowned | |
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Colette O'Connell | Kenny's Assistant #2 | Unowned |
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Karen Ludwig | Operator Margaret | Unowned |
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Audrey Rapoport | White House Operator #1 | Unowned |
| Marliese Schneider | White House Operator #2 | Unowned | |
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Ed Lauter | Gen. Marshall Carter | Unowned |
| Walter Adrian | Lyndon Johnson | Unowned | |
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James Karen | George Ball | Unowned |
| Dan Ziskie | Gen. Walter 'Cam' Sweeney | Unowned | |
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Peter White | John McCone | Unowned |
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Kelly Connell | Pierre Salinger | Unowned |
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Olek Krupa | Andrei Gromyko | Unowned |
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Elya Baskin | Anotoly Dobrinyn | Unowned |
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Timothy Jerome | Journalist | Unowned |
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Jack McGee | Richard J. Daley | Unowned |
| Lamar Smith | Aide | Unowned | |
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John Aylward | Orville Dryfoos | Unowned |
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Madison Mason | Adm. George Anderson | Unowned |
| Vivien Straus | White House Aide | Unowned | |
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Christopher Lawford | Cmdr. William B. Ecker | Unowned |
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David O'Donnell | Lt. Bruce Wilhemy | Unowned |
| Gene Del Bianco | Petty Officer | Unowned | |
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Benjamin Koldyke | RF-8 Pilot | Unowned |
| Daniel Vergara | OAS Secretary General José A. Mora | Unowned | |
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Ruben Moreno | Argentine Diplomat | Unowned |
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Thomas Roberts | Sonar Operator | Unowned |
| Sean Bergin | Chief Sonarman | Unowned | |
| Alan Francis Sullivan | Executive Officer of USS Pierce | Unowned | |
| Robert Munstis | Radio Room Operator #1 | Unowned | |
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Michael Gaston | Captain of USS Pierce | Unowned |
| Joseph Repoff | Radio Room Operator #2 | Unowned | |
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J. Tucker Smith | Captain of USS Kennedy | Unowned |
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Chris Henry Coffey | Officer of Destroyer | Unowned |
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Oleg Vidov | Valerian Zorin | Unowned |
| Radu Gavor | Romanian Delegate | Unowned | |
| Zitto Kazann | Chilean Delegate | Unowned | |
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Alex Veadov | Radio Room Operator #3 | Unowned |
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Jack Blessing | John Scali | Unowned |
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Tom Everett | Walter Sheridan | Unowned |
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Karl Makinen | Young FBI Agent | Unowned |
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Boris Lee Krutonog | Alexander Fomin | Unowned |
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Charles Esten | Maj. Rudolf Anderson | Unowned |
| Charles Barrett | Air Force NCO | Unowned | |
| Darryl Smith | Football Coach | Unowned | |
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Allan Graf | Football Referee | Unowned |
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Robert Miranda | RFK's Driver | Unowned |
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Todd Sible | RFK's Staffer | Unowned |
| Marya Kazakova | Soviet Woman | Unowned | |
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Cliff Fleming | Aerial Coordinator | Unowned |
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Craig Hosking | Pilot | Unowned |
| Michael R. Bowman | Aide to JFK (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Greg Bronson | Secret Service Agent (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Walter Cronkite | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ryder Davis | Boy Scout (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Roger Ferreira | Army Lieutenant General (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Armen Garo | Crewman on Freighter (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Gilley Grey | Air Force Pilot (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Phil Hawn | UN Administrator (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Rick Kain | Carpenter (uncredited) | Unowned |
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John F. Kennedy | Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Steven Koller | White House Staff (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Pramod Kumar | U Thant (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Richard Rossi | Reporter (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Larry Strauss | Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Brad Yoder | Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited) | Unowned |