

"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.
Kenneth O'Donnell

John F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy

Robert McNamara

Adlai Stevenson

Dean Rusk

McGeorge Bundy

Gen. Curtis LeMay

Ted Sorensen

Dean Acheson

Gen. Maxwell Taylor

U-2 Pilot

Mark O'Donnell
Jacqueline Kennedy

Helen O'Donnell

Kathy O'Donnell

Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.

Kevin O'Donnell
NPIC Photo Interpreter
Evelyn Lincoln
Floyd

Arthur Lundahl

Kenny's Assistant #1
Kenny's Assistant #2

Operator Margaret

White House Operator #1

White House Operator #2

Gen. Marshall Carter

Lyndon Johnson
George Ball

Gen. Walter 'Cam' Sweeney

John McCone

Pierre Salinger

Andrei Gromyko

Anotoly Dobrinyn

Journalist

Richard J. Daley

Aide
Orville Dryfoos

Adm. George Anderson

White House Aide
Cmdr. William B. Ecker

Lt. Bruce Wilhemy

Petty Officer
RF-8 Pilot

OAS Secretary General José A. Mora
Argentine Diplomat

Sonar Operator

Chief Sonarman
Executive Officer of USS Pierce
Radio Room Operator #1
Captain of USS Pierce

Radio Room Operator #2
Captain of USS Kennedy

Officer of Destroyer

Valerian Zorin

Romanian Delegate
Chilean Delegate
Radio Room Operator #3

John Scali

Walter Sheridan

Young FBI Agent

Alexander Fomin

Maj. Rudolf Anderson

Air Force NCO
Football Coach
Football Referee

RFK's Driver

RFK's Staffer

Soviet Woman
Aerial Coordinator

Pilot

Aide to JFK (uncredited)
Secret Service Agent (uncredited)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Boy Scout (uncredited)

Army Lieutenant General (uncredited)
Crewman on Freighter (uncredited)

Air Force Pilot (uncredited)
UN Administrator (uncredited)

Carpenter (uncredited)

Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

White House Staff (uncredited)
U Thant (uncredited)

Reporter (uncredited)

Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon (uncredited)
Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited)
