The read
The series ran 1 season across 2 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
4 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Season 1 | 2 ep1974 |
Cast
- William DevaneJohn F. Kennedy - US President
- Ralph BellamyAdlai Stevenson - US Ambassador to UN
- Howard Da SilvaNikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier
- James HongU Thant - U.N. Secretary-General
- Martin SheenAtty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
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Themes
cold war