Thirteen Days
White House aide Kenneth O’Donnell races against time to steer President Kennedy and his inner circle away from catastrophic missteps as Soviet missiles loom in Cuba, risking global annihilation if diplomacy fails.
“You'll never believe how close we came.”
Synopsis
The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was a nuclear confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, triggered by the U.S. discovery of missile sites being constructed in Cuba, a Soviet-aligned nation.
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A crew of 98+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Conrad Buff IvShot by Andrzej BartkowiakScored by Trevor JonesDesigned by J Dennis Washington
Box Office
2000 · Box office
📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.4× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$34.6M
Opening weekend: $154K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $154K — 0% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 8 theaters
Also known as
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Cast & Crew
98 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Kevin Costner
as Kenny O'Donnell
Bruce Greenwood
as John F. Kennedy
Shawn Driscoll
as U-2 Pilot
Steven Culp
as Robert F. Kennedy
Drake Cook
as Mark O'Donnell
Dylan Baker
as Robert McNamara
Lucinda Jenney
as Helen O'Donnell
Michael Fairman
as Adlai Stevenson
Caitlin Wachs
as Kathy O'Donnell
Henry Strozier
as Dean Rusk
Jon Foster
as Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.
Frank Wood
as McGeorge Bundy
Supporting cast
75Matthew Dunn
as Kevin O'Donnell
Kevin Conway
as Gen. Curtis LeMay
Kevin O Donnell
as NPIC Photo Interpreter
Tim Kelleher
as Ted Sorensen
Janet Coleman
as Evelyn Lincoln
Len Cariou
as Dean Acheson
Bill Smitrovich
as Gen. Maxwell Taylor
Stephanie Romanov
as Jacqueline Kennedy
Bruce Thomas
as Floyd
Dakin Matthews
as Arthur Lundahl
Liz Sinclair
as Kenny's Assistant #1
Colette O Connell
as Kenny's Assistant #2
Karen Ludwig
as Operator Margaret
Audrey Rapoport
as White House Operator #1
Marliese Schneider
as White House Operator #2
Ed Lauter
as Gen. Marshall Carter
Walter Adrian
as Lyndon Johnson
James Karen
as George Ball
Dan Ziskie
as Gen. Walter 'Cam' Sweeney
Peter White
as John McCone
Kelly Connell
as Pierre Salinger
Olek Krupa
as Andrei Gromyko
Elya Baskin
as Anotoly Dobrinyn
Timothy Jerome
as Journalist
Jack Mcgee
as Richard J. Daley
Lamar Smith
as Aide
John Aylward
as Orville Dryfoos
Madison Mason
as Adm. George Anderson
Vivien Straus
as White House Aide
Christopher Lawford
as Cmdr. William B. Ecker
David O Donnell
as Lt. Bruce Wilhemy
Gene Del Bianco
as Petty Officer
Benjamin Koldyke
as RF-8 Pilot
Daniel Vergara
as OAS Secretary General José A. Mora
Ruben Moreno
as Argentine Diplomat
Thomas Roberts
as Sonar Operator
Sean Bergin
as Chief Sonarman
Alan Francis Sullivan
as Executive Officer of USS Pierce
Robert Munstis
as Radio Room Operator #1
Michael Gaston
as Captain of USS Pierce
Joseph Repoff
as Radio Room Operator #2
J Tucker Smith
as Captain of USS Kennedy
Chris Henry Coffey
as Officer of Destroyer
Oleg Vidov
as Valerian Zorin
Radu Gavor
as Romanian Delegate
Zitto Kazann
as Chilean Delegate
Alex Veadov
as Radio Room Operator #3
Jack Blessing
as John Scali
Tom Everett
as Walter Sheridan
Karl Makinen
as Young FBI Agent
Boris Lee Krutonog
as Alexander Fomin
Charles Esten
as Maj. Rudolf Anderson
Charles Barrett
as Air Force NCO
Darryl Smith
as Football Coach
Allan Graf
as Football Referee
Robert Miranda
as RFK's Driver
Todd Sible
as RFK's Staffer
Marya Kazakova
as Soviet Woman
Cliff Fleming
as Aerial Coordinator
Craig Hosking
as Pilot
Michael R Bowman
as Aide to JFK (uncredited)
Greg Bronson
as Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ryder Davis
as Boy Scout (uncredited)
Roger Ferreira
as Army Lieutenant General (uncredited)
Armen Garo
as Crewman on Freighter (uncredited)
Gilley Grey
as Air Force Pilot (uncredited)
Phil Hawn
as UN Administrator (uncredited)
Rick Kain
as Carpenter (uncredited)
John F Kennedy
as Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Steven Koller
as White House Staff (uncredited)
Pramod Kumar
as U Thant (uncredited)
Richard Rossi
as Reporter (uncredited)
Larry Strauss
as Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon (uncredited)
Brad Yoder
as Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited)
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