Movie
Thirteen Days
2000PG-132h 25m7.0 / 10
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.
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Checked Sep 5, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Thirteen Days
Cast
Kevin CostnerKenneth O'Donnell
Bruce GreenwoodJohn F. Kennedy
Steven CulpRobert F. Kennedy
Dylan BakerRobert McNamara
Michael FairmanAdlai Stevenson
Henry StrozierDean Rusk
Frank WoodMcGeorge Bundy
Kevin ConwayGen. Curtis LeMayCredits
- Directed by
- Roger Donaldson
- Written by
- David Self
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $80M
- Box office
- $34.6M
Production
New Line CinemaUnited States
Beacon PicturesUnited States
Themes
1960satomic bombbased on true storycold warcuban missile crisisdiplomacyjohn f. kennedypolitics
