Thirteen Days (2000)

7.0/10 145 min 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.

Cast

Kevin Costner

Kenneth O'Donnell

Bruce Greenwood

John F. Kennedy

Steven Culp

Robert F. Kennedy

Dylan Baker

Robert McNamara

Michael Fairman

Adlai Stevenson

Henry Strozier

Dean Rusk

Frank Wood

McGeorge Bundy

Kevin Conway

Gen. Curtis LeMay

Tim Kelleher

Ted Sorensen

Len Cariou

Dean Acheson

Bill Smitrovich

Gen. Maxwell Taylor

Shawn Driscoll

U-2 Pilot

Stephanie Romanov

Jacqueline Kennedy

Lucinda Jenney

Helen O'Donnell

Caitlin Wachs

Kathy O'Donnell

Jon Foster

Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.

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