Movie
Thirteen Days
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2000-12-25
- Runtime
- 145 min
- Genres
- History, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- New Line Cinema, Beacon Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- 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
Crew
- Roger Donaldson - Director
- David Self - Screenplay
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