The Missiles of October
Drama
TV Movie
The most powerful docudrama ever produced on The Cuban Missile Crisis
Based in part on Robert F. Kennedy's book, "Thirteen Days," this film profiles the Kennedy Administration's actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1974-12-18
en
Cast
Director
Anthony Page
William Devane as President John F. Kennedy
Ralph Bellamy as U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson
Howard Da Silva as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
James Hong as U.N. Secretary-General U Thant
Martin Sheen as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
James T. Callahan as David Powers, Special Assistant to the President
Keene Curtis as John McCone, Director CIA
Charles Cyphers as Press Photographer
Clifford David as Theodore Sorensen, Special Counsel
Francis De Sales as Senator
John Dehner as Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson
Peter Donat as David Ormsby-Gore, British Ambassador to U.S.
Andrew Duggan as Gen. Maxwell Taylor, Army Chief of Staff
Richard Eastham as Gen. David M. Shoup, USMC Commandant