Movie

Thirteen Days

Released: December 25, 2000 (2000)

Runtime: 145 minutes

Genres: History, Thriller

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Michael Fairman as Adlai Stevenson
Age at release: 66
Len Cariou as Dean Acheson
Age at release: 61
Kevin Conway as Gen. Curtis LeMay
Age at release: 58
Kevin Costner as Kenneth O'Donnell
Age at release: 45
Steven Culp as Robert F. Kennedy
Age at release: 45
Bruce Greenwood as John F. Kennedy
Age at release: 44
Tim Kelleher as Ted Sorensen
Age at release: 44
Dylan Baker as Robert McNamara
Age at release: 41
Frank Wood as McGeorge Bundy
Age at release: 40
Henry Strozier as Dean Rusk
Age at release: Unknown

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James Karen as George Ball
Age at release: 77
Ed Lauter as Gen. Marshall Carter
Age at release: 62
Dakin Matthews as Arthur Lundahl
Age at release: 60
Karen Ludwig as Operator Margaret
Age at release: 58
Dan Ziskie as Gen. Walter 'Cam' Sweeney
Age at release: 56
Bill Smitrovich as Gen. Maxwell Taylor
Age at release: 53
Lucinda Jenney as Helen O'Donnell
Age at release: 46
Bruce Thomas as Floyd
Age at release: 39
Marliese Schneider as White House Operator #2
Age at release: 33
Stephanie Romanov as Jacqueline Kennedy
Age at release: 31
Jon Foster as Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.
Age at release: 16
Caitlin Wachs as Kathy O'Donnell
Age at release: 11
Shawn Driscoll as U-2 Pilot
Age at release: Unknown
Drake Cook as Mark O'Donnell
Age at release: Unknown
Matthew Dunn as Kevin O'Donnell
Age at release: Unknown
Kevin O'Donnell as NPIC Photo Interpreter
Age at release: Unknown
Janet Coleman as Evelyn Lincoln
Age at release: Unknown
Colette O'Connell as Kenny's Assistant #2
Age at release: Unknown
Audrey Rapoport as White House Operator #1
Age at release: Unknown
Walter Adrian as Lyndon Johnson
Age at release: Unknown