"You'll never believe how close we came."

2000

2h 25m

7.0(786 votes)

History

Thriller

Overview

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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Cast & Crew

87 members

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Kevin Costner

Kenneth O'Donnell

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Bruce Greenwood

John F. Kennedy

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Steven Culp

Robert F. Kennedy

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Dylan Baker

Robert McNamara

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Michael Fairman

Adlai Stevenson

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Henry Strozier

Dean Rusk

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Frank Wood

McGeorge Bundy

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Kevin Conway

Gen. Curtis LeMay

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Tim Kelleher

Ted Sorensen

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Len Cariou

Dean Acheson

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Bill Smitrovich

Gen. Maxwell Taylor

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Shawn Driscoll

U-2 Pilot

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Drake Cook

Mark O'Donnell

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Stephanie Romanov

Jacqueline Kennedy

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Lucinda Jenney

Helen O'Donnell

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Caitlin Wachs

Kathy O'Donnell

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Jon Foster

Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.

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Matthew Dunn

Kevin O'Donnell

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Kevin O'Donnell

NPIC Photo Interpreter

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Janet Coleman

Evelyn Lincoln

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Bruce Thomas

Floyd

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Dakin Matthews

Arthur Lundahl

Writing

Liz Sinclair

Kenny's Assistant #1

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Colette O'Connell

Kenny's Assistant #2

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Karen Ludwig

Operator Margaret

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Audrey Rapoport

White House Operator #1

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Marliese Schneider

White House Operator #2

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Ed Lauter

Gen. Marshall Carter

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Walter Adrian

Lyndon Johnson

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James Karen

George Ball

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Dan Ziskie

Gen. Walter 'Cam' Sweeney

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Peter White

John McCone

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Kelly Connell

Pierre Salinger

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Olek Krupa

Andrei Gromyko

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Ilya Baskin

Anotoly Dobrinyn

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Timothy Jerome

Journalist

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Jack McGee

Richard J. Daley

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Lamar Smith

Aide

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John Aylward

Orville Dryfoos

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Madison Mason

Adm. George Anderson

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Vivien Straus

White House Aide

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Christopher Lawford

Cmdr. William B. Ecker

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David O'Donnell

Lt. Bruce Wilhemy

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Gene Del Bianco

Petty Officer

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Benjamin Koldyke

RF-8 Pilot

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Daniel Vergara

OAS Secretary General José A. Mora

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Ruben Moreno

Argentine Diplomat

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Thomas Roberts

Sonar Operator

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Sean Bergin

Chief Sonarman

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Alan Francis Sullivan

Executive Officer of USS Pierce

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Robert Munstis

Radio Room Operator #1

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Michael Gaston

Captain of USS Pierce

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Joseph Repoff

Radio Room Operator #2

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J. Tucker Smith

Captain of USS Kennedy

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Chris Henry Coffey

Officer of Destroyer

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Олег Видов

Valerian Zorin

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Radu Gavor

Romanian Delegate

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Zitto Kazann

Chilean Delegate

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Alex Veadov

Radio Room Operator #3

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Jack Blessing

John Scali

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Tom Everett

Walter Sheridan

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Karl Makinen

Young FBI Agent

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Boris Lee Krutonog

Alexander Fomin

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Charles Esten

Maj. Rudolf Anderson

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Charles Barrett

Air Force NCO

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Darryl Smith

Football Coach

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Allan Graf

Football Referee

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Robert Miranda

RFK's Driver

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Todd Sible

RFK's Staffer

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Marya Kazakova

Soviet Woman

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Cliff Fleming

Aerial Coordinator

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Craig Hosking

Pilot

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Michael R. Bowman

Aide to JFK (uncredited)

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Greg Bronson

Secret Service Agent (uncredited)

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Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Ryder Davis

Boy Scout (uncredited)

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Roger Ferreira

Army Lieutenant General (uncredited)

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Armen Garo

Crewman on Freighter (uncredited)

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Gilley Grey

Air Force Pilot (uncredited)

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Phil Hawn

UN Administrator (uncredited)

Crew

Rick Kain

Carpenter (uncredited)

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John F. Kennedy

Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Steven Koller

White House Staff (uncredited)

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Pramod Kumar

U Thant (uncredited)

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Richard Rossi

Reporter (uncredited)

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Larry Strauss

Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon (uncredited)

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Brad Yoder

Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited)

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