

Thirteen Days
“You'll never believe how close we came.”
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.
Top 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
Themes & Keywords
About Thirteen Days
Thirteen Days is a history, thriller film released in 2000 exploring themes of usa president, politics, atomic bomb, cold war, john f. kennedy, based on true story. Directed by Roger Donaldson, it stars Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp. 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.
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