Based in part on Robert F. Kennedy's book, "Thirteen Days," this film profiles the Kennedy Administration's actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
President John F. Kennedy
U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
U.N. Secretary-General U Thant
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
David Powers, Special Assistant to the President
Admiral's Aide
John McCone, Director CIA
Press Photographer
Theodore Sorensen, Special Counsel
Senator
Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson
David Ormsby-Gore, British Ambassador to U.S.
Gen. Maxwell Taylor, Army Chief of Staff
Gen. David M. Shoup, USMC Commandant
Gen. Curtis LeMay - Air Force Chief of Staff
Director
Writer