Drama / TV Movie /

Score: 75%( 14 votes )

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.

Cast:

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

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

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