Roger Donaldson Director Kevin Costner Kenny O'Donnell Actor, Producer Bruce Greenwood John F. Kennedy Actor Steven Culp Robert F. Kennedy Actor Dylan Baker Robert McNamara Actor Michael Fairman Adlai Stevenson Actor Henry Strozier Dean Rusk Actor Frank Wood McGeorge Bundy Actor Kevin Conway General Curtis LeMay Actor Tim Kelleher Ted Sorensen Actor Len Cariou Dean Acheson Actor Bill Smitrovich General Maxwell Taylor Actor Dakin Matthews Arthur Lundhal Actor Madison Mason Admiral George Anderson Actor Christopher Lawford Commander William B. Ecker Actor Ed Lauter General Marshall Carter Actor Elya Baskin Anotoly Dobrinyn Actor Boris Krutonog Alexander Fomin Actor Peter White John McCone Actor James Karen George Ball Actor Timothy Jerome Journalist Actor Olek Krupa Andrei Gromyko Actor Lucinda Jenney Helen O'Donnell Actor Oleg Vidov Valerian Zorin Actor Stephanie Romanov Jacqueline Kennedy Actor Ernest R. May Writer Philip D. Zelikow Writer David Self Writer Marc Abraham Producer, Executive Producer Peter O. Almond Producer Armyan Bernstein Producer Thomas A. Bliss Executive Producer Michael De Luca Executive Producer Ilona Herzberg Executive Producer Andrzej Bartkowiak Cinematographer Roger Deakins Cinematographer Christopher Duddy Cinematographer Conrad Buff IV Film Editing Trevor Jones Original Music J. Dennis Washington Production Design Ann Harris Art Director Thomas T. Taylor Art Director Denise Pizzini Set Decoration Isis Mussenden Costume Design Dianne Crittenden Casting