Thirteen Days
2000-12-25The 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.

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.

Kenneth O'Donnell
Kevin Costner

John F. Kennedy
Bruce Greenwood

Robert F. Kennedy
Steven Culp

Robert McNamara
Dylan Baker

Adlai Stevenson
Michael Fairman

Dean Rusk
Henry Strozier

McGeorge Bundy
Frank Wood

Gen. Curtis LeMay
Kevin Conway

Ted Sorensen
Tim Kelleher

Dean Acheson
Len Cariou

Gen. Maxwell Taylor
Bill Smitrovich

U-2 Pilot
Shawn Driscoll
Mark O'Donnell
Drake Cook

Jacqueline Kennedy
Stephanie Romanov

Helen O'Donnell
Lucinda Jenney

Kathy O'Donnell
Caitlin Wachs

Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.
Jon Foster
Kevin O'Donnell
Matthew Dunn
NPIC Photo Interpreter
Kevin O'Donnell
Evelyn Lincoln
Janet Coleman

Floyd
Bruce Thomas

Arthur Lundahl
Dakin Matthews
Kenny's Assistant #1
Liz Sinclair

Kenny's Assistant #2
Colette O'Connell

Operator Margaret
Karen Ludwig

White House Operator #1
Audrey Rapoport

White House Operator #2
Marliese Schneider

Gen. Marshall Carter
Ed Lauter
Lyndon Johnson
Walter Adrian

George Ball
James Karen

Gen. Walter 'Cam' Sweeney
Dan Ziskie

John McCone
Peter White

Pierre Salinger
Kelly Connell

Andrei Gromyko
Olek Krupa

Anotoly Dobrinyn
Ilya Baskin

Journalist
Timothy Jerome

Richard J. Daley
Jack McGee
Aide
Lamar Smith

Orville Dryfoos
John Aylward

Adm. George Anderson
Madison Mason
White House Aide
Vivien Straus

Cmdr. William B. Ecker
Christopher Lawford

Lt. Bruce Wilhemy
David O'Donnell
Petty Officer
Gene Del Bianco

RF-8 Pilot
Benjamin Koldyke
OAS Secretary General José A. Mora
Daniel Vergara

Argentine Diplomat
Ruben Moreno

Sonar Operator
Thomas Roberts
Chief Sonarman
Sean Bergin
Executive Officer of USS Pierce
Alan Francis Sullivan
Radio Room Operator #1
Robert Munstis

Captain of USS Pierce
Michael Gaston
Radio Room Operator #2
Joseph Repoff

Captain of USS Kennedy
J. Tucker Smith

Officer of Destroyer
Chris Henry Coffey

Valerian Zorin
Oleg Vidov
Romanian Delegate
Radu Gavor
Chilean Delegate
Zitto Kazann

Radio Room Operator #3
Alex Veadov

John Scali
Jack Blessing

Walter Sheridan
Tom Everett

Young FBI Agent
Karl Makinen

Alexander Fomin
Boris Lee Krutonog

Maj. Rudolf Anderson
Charles Esten
Air Force NCO
Charles Barrett
Football Coach
Darryl Smith

Football Referee
Allan Graf

RFK's Driver
Robert Miranda

RFK's Staffer
Todd Sible
Soviet Woman
Marya Kazakova

Aerial Coordinator
Cliff Fleming

Pilot
Craig Hosking
Aide to JFK (uncredited)
Michael R. Bowman

Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Greg Bronson

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite

Boy Scout (uncredited)
Ryder Davis
Army Lieutenant General (uncredited)
Roger Ferreira

Crewman on Freighter (uncredited)
Armen Garo
Air Force Pilot (uncredited)
Gilley Grey

UN Administrator (uncredited)
Phil Hawn

Carpenter (uncredited)
Rick Kain

Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy
White House Staff (uncredited)
Steven Koller

U Thant (uncredited)
Pramod Kumar

Reporter (uncredited)
Richard Rossi
Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon (uncredited)
Larry Strauss

Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited)
Brad Yoder