Kenny O'Donnell, Special Assistant to the President
Kevin Costner
President John F. Kennedy
Bruce Greenwood
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
Steven Culp
Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense
Dylan Baker
Adlai Stevenson, US Ambassador to the UN
Michael Fairman
Dean Rusk, Secretary of State
Henry Strozier
McGeorge Bundy, National Security Advisor
Frank Wood
Gen. Curtis LeMay, Air Force Chief of Staff
Kevin Conway
Ted Sorensen, Special Counsel to the President
Tim Kelleher
Dean Acheson, Foreign Policy Advisor
Len Cariou
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bill Smitrovich
Arthur Lundhal
Dakin Matthews
Adm. George Anderson
Madison Mason
Cmdr. William B. Ecker, Mission Flight Leader
Christopher Lawford
Lt. Gen. Marshall Carter
Ed Lauter
Mark O'Donnell
Drake Cook
Helen O'Donnell
Lucinda Jenney
Kathy O'Donnell
Caitlin Wachs
Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.
Jon Foster
Kevin O'Donnell
Matthew Dunn
NPIC Photo Interpreter
Kevin O'Donnell
Evelyn Lincoln
Janet Coleman
Jacqueline Kennedy
Stephanie Romanov
Kenny's Assistant #1
Liz Sinclair
Kenny's Assistant #2
Colette O'Connell
Operator Margaret
Karen Ludwig
White House Operator #1
Audrey Rapoport
White House Operator #2 (as Marliese K. Schneider)
Marliese Schneider
Lyndon Johnson
Walter Adrian
Gen. Walter 'Cam' Sweeney (as Daniel Ziskie)
Dan Ziskie
Pierre Salinger
Kelly Connell
Andrei Gromyko
Olek Krupa
Anotoly Dobrinyn
Elya Baskin
Journalist
Timothy Jerome
Richard J. Daley
Jack McGee
Orville Dryfoos
John Aylward
White House Aide
Vivien Straus
Lt. Bruce Wilhemy
David O'Donnell
Petty Officer
Gene Del Bianco
RF-8 Pilot (as Ben Koldyke)
Benjamin Koldyke
OAS Secretary General José A. Mora
Daniel Vergara
Argentine Diplomat (as Reuben Moreno)
Ruben Moreno
Sonar Operator
Thomas Roberts
Chief Sonarman
Sean Bergin
Executive Officer of USS Pierce
Alan Francis
Radio Room Operator #1
Robert Munstis
Captain of USS Pierce
Michael Gaston
Radio Room Operator #2
Joseph Repoff
Captain of USS Kennedy
J. Tucker Smith
Officer of Destroyer
Chris Henry Coffey
Valerian Zorin
Oleg Vidov
Romanian Delegate
Radu Gavor
Chilean Delegate
Zitto Kazann
Radio Room Operator #3
Alex Veadov
Walter Sheridan
Tom Everett
Young FBI Agent
Karl Makinen
Alexander Fomin
Boris Lee Krutonog
Maj. Rudolf Anderson
Charles Esten
Air Force NCO
Charles Barrett
Football Coach
Darryl Smith
Football Referee (as Alan Graf)
Allan Graf
RFK's Driver
Robert Miranda
Soviet Woman
Marya Kazakova
Aerial Coordinator
Cliff Fleming