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.
Movie tag line: "You'll never believe how close we came."
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Character: Kenneth O'Donnell
Character: John F. Kennedy
Character: Robert F. Kennedy
Character: Robert McNamara
Character: Adlai Stevenson
Character: Dean Rusk
Character: McGeorge Bundy
Character: Gen. Curtis LeMay
Character: Ted Sorensen
Character: Dean Acheson
Character: Gen. Maxwell Taylor
Character: U-2 Pilot
Character: Mark O'Donnell
Character: Jacqueline Kennedy
Character: Helen O'Donnell
Character: Kathy O'Donnell
Character: Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.
Character: Kevin O'Donnell
Character: NPIC Photo Interpreter
Character: Evelyn Lincoln
Character: Floyd
Character: Arthur Lundahl
Character: Kenny's Assistant #1
Character: Kenny's Assistant #2
Character: Operator Margaret
Character: White House Operator #1
Character: White House Operator #2
Character: Gen. Marshall Carter
Character: Lyndon Johnson
Character: George Ball
Character: Gen. Walter 'Cam' Sweeney
Character: John McCone
Character: Pierre Salinger
Character: Andrei Gromyko
Character: Anotoly Dobrinyn
Character: Journalist
Character: Richard J. Daley
Character: Aide
Character: Orville Dryfoos
Character: Adm. George Anderson
Character: White House Aide
Character: Cmdr. William B. Ecker
Character: Lt. Bruce Wilhemy
Character: Petty Officer
Character: RF-8 Pilot
Character: OAS Secretary General José A. Mora
Character: Argentine Diplomat
Character: Sonar Operator
Character: Chief Sonarman
Character: Executive Officer of USS Pierce
Character: Radio Room Operator #1
Character: Captain of USS Pierce
Character: Radio Room Operator #2
Character: Captain of USS Kennedy
Character: Officer of Destroyer
Character: Valerian Zorin
Character: Romanian Delegate
Character: Chilean Delegate
Character: Radio Room Operator #3
Character: John Scali
Character: Walter Sheridan
Character: Young FBI Agent
Character: Alexander Fomin
Character: Maj. Rudolf Anderson
Character: Air Force NCO
Character: Football Coach
Character: Football Referee
Character: RFK's Driver
Character: RFK's Staffer
Character: Soviet Woman
Character: Aerial Coordinator
Character: Pilot
Character: Aide to JFK (uncredited)
Character: Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: Boy Scout (uncredited)
Character: Army Lieutenant General (uncredited)
Character: Crewman on Freighter (uncredited)
Character: Air Force Pilot (uncredited)
Character: UN Administrator (uncredited)
Character: Carpenter (uncredited)
Character: Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: White House Staff (uncredited)
Character: U Thant (uncredited)
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Character: Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon (uncredited)
Character: Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited)