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You'll never believe how close we came. - Thirteen Days
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Title: Thirteen Days

Release Date: 25 Dec 2000

Runtime: 2h 25m

Genre: History, Thriller

Director: New Line Cinema, Beacon Pictures

Production Companies: New Line Cinema, Beacon Pictures

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.035 (748 votes)

Cast

  • Kenneth O'Donnell: Kevin Costner
  • John F. Kennedy: Bruce Greenwood
  • Robert F. Kennedy: Steven Culp
  • Robert McNamara: Dylan Baker
  • Adlai Stevenson: Michael Fairman
  • Dean Rusk: Henry Strozier
  • McGeorge Bundy: Frank Wood
  • Gen. Curtis LeMay: Kevin Conway
  • Ted Sorensen: Tim Kelleher
  • Dean Acheson: Len Cariou
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