The Missiles of October
“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.
Director
Anthony PageWriters
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
Peter Canon
Admiral's Aide
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
Robert P. Lieb
Gen. Curtis LeMay - Air Force Chief of Staff