The Missiles of October

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The Missiles of October
DVD cover for the film
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	December 18, 1974 (1974-12-18)
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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.

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.