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.
Ratings
3.5
Cast
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
Ilya 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)
Crew
Editor
Executive Producer
Director of Photography
Director
Screenplay
Book
Prosthetics
Stunt Coordinator
Still Photographer
Sound Editor
Script Supervisor
Production Sound Mixer
Set Decoration
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
Costume Design
Makeup Department Head
Additional Photography
Executive In Charge Of Production
Production Supervisor
Sound Effects Editor
Casting
Supervising Sound Editor
Production Design
Unit Production Manager
Hair Department Head
First Assistant Camera
Dialogue Editor
Stunts
Details
Release Date
2000-12-25
Runtime
145 min
Original Language
English
Languages
English
Spanish
Russian
Production Companies
New Line Cinema
Beacon Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Genres
History
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