The Missiles of October
1974•1 Seasons•2 Episodes•8.8•Ended
DramaWar & Politics
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.
Creator
Anthony Page
Network
ABC
Origin
US
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
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