Thirteen Days

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.

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Kevin Costner

(Kenneth O'Donnell)

Bruce Greenwood

(John F. Kennedy)

Steven Culp

(Robert F. Kennedy)

Dylan Baker

(Robert McNamara)

Michael Fairman

(Adlai Stevenson)

Henry Strozier

(Dean Rusk)

Frank Wood

(McGeorge Bundy)

Kevin Conway

(Gen. Curtis LeMay)

Tim Kelleher

(Ted Sorensen)

Len Cariou

(Dean Acheson)

Bill Smitrovich

(Gen. Maxwell Taylor)

Shawn Driscoll

(U-2 Pilot)

Drake Cook

(Mark O'Donnell)

Stephanie Romanov

(Jacqueline Kennedy)

Lucinda Jenney

(Helen O'Donnell)

Caitlin Wachs

(Kathy O'Donnell)

Jon Foster

(Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.)

Matthew Dunn

(Kevin O'Donnell)

Kevin O'Donnell

(NPIC Photo Interpreter)

Janet Coleman

(Evelyn Lincoln)

Bruce Thomas

(Floyd)

Dakin Matthews

(Arthur Lundahl)

Liz Sinclair

(Kenny's Assistant #1)

Colette O'Connell

(Kenny's Assistant #2)

Karen Ludwig

(Operator Margaret)

Audrey Rapoport

(White House Operator #1)

Marliese Schneider

(White House Operator #2)

Ed Lauter

(Gen. Marshall Carter)

Walter Adrian

(Lyndon Johnson)

James Karen

(George Ball)

Dan Ziskie

(Gen. Walter 'Cam' Sweeney)

Peter White

(John McCone)

Kelly Connell

(Pierre Salinger)

Olek Krupa

(Andrei Gromyko)

Elya Baskin

(Anotoly Dobrinyn)

Timothy Jerome

(Journalist)

Jack McGee

(Richard J. Daley)

Lamar Smith

(Aide)

John Aylward

(Orville Dryfoos)

Madison Mason

(Adm. George Anderson)

Vivien Straus

(White House Aide)

Christopher Lawford

(Cmdr. William B. Ecker)

David O'Donnell

(Lt. Bruce Wilhemy)

Gene Del Bianco

(Petty Officer)

Benjamin Koldyke

(RF-8 Pilot)

Daniel Vergara

(OAS Secretary General José A. Mora)

Ruben Moreno

(Argentine Diplomat)

Thomas Roberts

(Sonar Operator)

Sean Bergin

(Chief Sonarman)

Alan Francis Sullivan

(Executive Officer of USS Pierce)

Robert Munstis

(Radio Room Operator #1)

Michael Gaston

(Captain of USS Pierce)

Joseph Repoff

(Radio Room Operator #2)

J. Tucker Smith

(Captain of USS Kennedy)

Chris Henry Coffey

(Officer of Destroyer)

Oleg Vidov

(Valerian Zorin)

Radu Gavor

(Romanian Delegate)

Zitto Kazann

(Chilean Delegate)

Alex Veadov

(Radio Room Operator #3)

Jack Blessing

(John Scali)

Tom Everett

(Walter Sheridan)

Karl Makinen

(Young FBI Agent)

Boris Lee Krutonog

(Alexander Fomin)

Charles Esten

(Maj. Rudolf Anderson)

Charles Barrett

(Air Force NCO)

Darryl Smith

(Football Coach)

Allan Graf

(Football Referee)

Robert Miranda

(RFK's Driver)

Todd Sible

(RFK's Staffer)

Marya Kazakova

(Soviet Woman)

Cliff Fleming

(Aerial Coordinator)

Craig Hosking

(Pilot)

Michael R. Bowman

(Aide to JFK (uncredited))

Greg Bronson

(Secret Service Agent (uncredited))

Walter Cronkite

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Ryder Davis

(Boy Scout (uncredited))

Roger Ferreira

(Army Lieutenant General (uncredited))

Armen Garo

(Crewman on Freighter (uncredited))

Gilley Grey

(Air Force Pilot (uncredited))

Phil Hawn

(UN Administrator (uncredited))

Rick Kain

(Carpenter (uncredited))

John F. Kennedy

(Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited))

Steven Koller

(White House Staff (uncredited))

Pramod Kumar

(U Thant (uncredited))

Richard Rossi

(Reporter (uncredited))

Larry Strauss

(Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon (uncredited))

Brad Yoder

(Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited))