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