The Missiles of October (1974)

7.5/10 • 150 min • Drama TV Movie

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

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

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