The Missiles of October

Overview

The Missiles of October is a 1974 docudrama made-for-television play about the Cuban missile crisis. The title evokes the book The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman about the missteps among the great powers and the failed chances to give an opponent a graceful way out, which led to the First World War. The teleplay introduced William Devane as John F. Kennedy and cast Martin Sheen as United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. The script is based on Robert Kennedy's book Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Cast

William Devane

John F. Kennedy - US President

Ralph Bellamy

Adlai Stevenson - US Ambassador to UN

Howard Da Silva

Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier

James Hong

U Thant - U.N. Secretary-General

Martin Sheen

Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy