Thirteen Days

Rating: 6/10 History Thriller

Release Year: 2000 Language: en

Overview

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.

Cast Members

Kevin Costner as Kenneth O'Donnell Bruce Greenwood as John F. Kennedy Steven Culp as Robert F. Kennedy Dylan Baker as Robert McNamara Michael Fairman as Adlai Stevenson Henry Strozier as Dean Rusk Frank Wood as McGeorge Bundy Kevin Conway as Gen. Curtis LeMay Tim Kelleher as Ted Sorensen Len Cariou as Dean Acheson Bill Smitrovich as Gen. Maxwell Taylor Shawn Driscoll as U-2 Pilot Drake Cook as Mark O'Donnell Stephanie Romanov as Jacqueline Kennedy Lucinda Jenney as Helen O'Donnell Caitlin Wachs as Kathy O'Donnell Jon Foster as Kenny O'Donnell, Jr. Matthew Dunn as Kevin O'Donnell Kevin O'Donnell as NPIC Photo Interpreter Janet Coleman as Evelyn Lincoln Bruce Thomas as Floyd Dakin Matthews as Arthur Lundahl Liz Sinclair as Kenny's Assistant #1 Colette O'Connell as Kenny's Assistant #2 Karen Ludwig as Operator Margaret Audrey Rapoport as White House Operator #1 Marliese Schneider as White House Operator #2 Ed Lauter as Gen. Marshall Carter Walter Adrian as Lyndon Johnson James Karen as George Ball Dan Ziskie as Gen. Walter 'Cam' Sweeney Peter White as John McCone Kelly Connell as Pierre Salinger Olek Krupa as Andrei Gromyko Elya Baskin as Anotoly Dobrinyn Timothy Jerome as Journalist Jack McGee as Richard J. Daley Lamar Smith as Aide John Aylward as Orville Dryfoos Madison Mason as Adm. George Anderson Vivien Straus as White House Aide Christopher Lawford as Cmdr. William B. Ecker David O'Donnell as Lt. Bruce Wilhemy Gene Del Bianco as Petty Officer Benjamin Koldyke as RF-8 Pilot Daniel Vergara as OAS Secretary General José A. Mora Ruben Moreno as Argentine Diplomat Thomas Roberts as Sonar Operator Sean Bergin as Chief Sonarman Alan Francis Sullivan as Executive Officer of USS Pierce Robert Munstis as Radio Room Operator #1 Michael Gaston as Captain of USS Pierce Joseph Repoff as Radio Room Operator #2 J. Tucker Smith as Captain of USS Kennedy Chris Henry Coffey as Officer of Destroyer Oleg Vidov as Valerian Zorin Radu Gavor as Romanian Delegate Zitto Kazann as Chilean Delegate Alex Veadov as Radio Room Operator #3 Jack Blessing as John Scali Tom Everett as Walter Sheridan Karl Makinen as Young FBI Agent Boris Lee Krutonog as Alexander Fomin Charles Esten as Maj. Rudolf Anderson Charles Barrett as Air Force NCO Darryl Smith as Football Coach Allan Graf as Football Referee Robert Miranda as RFK's Driver Todd Sible as RFK's Staffer Marya Kazakova as Soviet Woman Cliff Fleming as Aerial Coordinator Craig Hosking as Pilot Michael R. Bowman as Aide to JFK (uncredited) Greg Bronson as Secret Service Agent (uncredited) Walter Cronkite as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Ryder Davis as Boy Scout (uncredited) Roger Ferreira as Army Lieutenant General (uncredited) Armen Garo as Crewman on Freighter (uncredited) Gilley Grey as Air Force Pilot (uncredited) Phil Hawn as UN Administrator (uncredited) Rick Kain as Carpenter (uncredited) John F. Kennedy as Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) Steven Koller as White House Staff (uncredited) Pramod Kumar as U Thant (uncredited) Richard Rossi as Reporter (uncredited) Larry Strauss as Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon (uncredited) Brad Yoder as Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited)