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The Missiles of October is a american film of genre Drama directed by Anthony Page released in USA on 18 december 1974 with William Devane
The Missiles of October (1974)
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Add to a movie listThe 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.
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Le film retrace la crise des missiles de Cuba.Actors
William Devane
(President John F. Kennedy)
Martin Sheen
(Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy)
Howard Da Silva
(Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev)
Ralph Bellamy
(U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson)
James Hong
(U.N. Secretary-General U Thant)
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