The Missiles of October
1974 American made-for-television play / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Missiles of October is a 1974 docudrama made-for-television play about the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.[1][2] The title evokes the 1962 book The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman about the missteps amongst the great powers and the failed chances to give an opponent a graceful way out, which led to World War I.
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The Missiles of October | |
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Genre | Docudrama |
Written by | Stanley R. Greenberg |
Directed by | Anthony Page |
Starring | William Devane Martin Sheen Howard da Silva Ralph Bellamy |
Theme music composer | Laurence Rosenthal |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Irv Wilson |
Producers | Robert Berger Herbert Brodkin |
Editor | Jerry Greene |
Running time | 150 mins |
Production companies | Maljack Productions Viacom Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | 18 December 1974 (1974-12-18) |
The Missiles of October introduced William Devane as President John F. Kennedy and cast Martin Sheen as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. The teleplay was originally broadcast by ABC-TV on Wednesday, December 18, 1974.[1][2] The script was based on Robert Kennedy's posthumously-published 1969 book Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis.