The Missiles of October

Movie 1974 · 2h 30m

The most powerful docudrama ever produced on The Cuban Missile Crisis

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

Cast

16 people

William Devane President John F. Kennedy

Ralph Bellamy U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson

Howard Da Silva Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev

James Hong U.N. Secretary-General U Thant

Martin Sheen Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy

James T. Callahan David Powers, Special Assistant to the President

P Peter Canon Admiral's Aide

Keene Curtis John McCone, Director CIA

Charles Cyphers Press Photographer

Clifford David Theodore Sorensen, Special Counsel

Francis De Sales Senator

John Dehner Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson

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

Andrew Duggan Gen. Maxwell Taylor, Army Chief of Staff

Richard Eastham Gen. David M. Shoup, USMC Commandant

R Robert P. Lieb Gen. Curtis LeMay - Air Force Chief of Staff