Thirteen Days
History
Thriller
You'll never believe how close we came.
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.
2000-12-25
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Cast
Director
Roger Donaldson
Kevin Costner as Kenneth O'Donnell
Bruce Greenwood as John F. Kennedy
Steven Culp as Robert F. Kennedy
Dylan Baker as Robert McNamara
Michael Fairman as Adlai Stevenson
Henry Strozier as Dean Rusk
Frank Wood as McGeorge Bundy
Kevin Conway as Gen. Curtis LeMay
Tim Kelleher as Ted Sorensen
Len Cariou as Dean Acheson
Bill Smitrovich as Gen. Maxwell Taylor
Shawn Driscoll as U-2 Pilot
Stephanie Romanov as Jacqueline Kennedy
Lucinda Jenney as Helen O'Donnell
Caitlin Wachs as Kathy O'Donnell
Jon Foster as Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.
Bruce Thomas as Floyd
Dakin Matthews as Arthur Lundahl
Colette O'Connell as Kenny's Assistant #2
Karen Ludwig as Operator Margaret
Audrey Rapoport as White House Operator #1
Ed Lauter as Gen. Marshall Carter
James Karen as George Ball
Peter White as John McCone
Kelly Connell as Pierre Salinger
Olek Krupa as Andrei Gromyko
Elya Baskin as Anotoly Dobrinyn
Timothy Jerome as Journalist
Jack McGee as Richard J. Daley
John Aylward as Orville Dryfoos
Madison Mason as Adm. George Anderson
Christopher Lawford as Cmdr. William B. Ecker
David O'Donnell as Lt. Bruce Wilhemy
Benjamin Koldyke as RF-8 Pilot
Ruben Moreno as Argentine Diplomat
Thomas Roberts as Sonar Operator
Michael Gaston as Captain of USS Pierce
J. Tucker Smith as Captain of USS Kennedy
Chris Henry Coffey as Officer of Destroyer
Oleg Vidov as Valerian Zorin
Alex Veadov as Radio Room Operator #3
Jack Blessing as John Scali
Tom Everett as Walter Sheridan
Karl Makinen as Young FBI Agent
Boris Lee Krutonog as Alexander Fomin
Charles Esten as Maj. Rudolf Anderson
Allan Graf as Football Referee
Robert Miranda as RFK's Driver
Todd Sible as RFK's Staffer
Cliff Fleming as Aerial Coordinator
Craig Hosking as Pilot
Greg Bronson as Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ryder Davis as Boy Scout (uncredited)
Armen Garo as Crewman on Freighter (uncredited)
Phil Hawn as UN Administrator (uncredited)
Rick Kain as Carpenter (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy as Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pramod Kumar as U Thant (uncredited)
Richard Rossi as Reporter (uncredited)
Brad Yoder as Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited)