Trailer
Images
 | Shawn Driscoll as U-2 Pilot |
 | Kevin Costner as Kenneth O'Donnell |
 | Drake Cook as Mark O'Donnell |
 | Lucinda Jenney as Helen O'Donnell |
 | Caitlin Wachs as Kathy O'Donnell |
 | Jon Foster as Kenny O'Donnell, Jr. |
 | Matthew Dunn as Kevin O'Donnell |
| Kevin O'Donnell as NPIC Photo Interpreter |
| Janet Coleman as Evelyn Lincoln |
 | Bruce Thomas as Floyd |
 | Stephanie Romanov as Jacqueline Kennedy |
 | Bruce Greenwood as John F. Kennedy |
 | Frank Wood as McGeorge Bundy |
 | Dakin Matthews as Arthur Lundahl |
| Liz Sinclair as Kenny's Assistant #1 |
 | Colette O'Connell as Kenny's Assistant #2 |
 | Karen Ludwig as Operator Margaret |
 | Audrey Rapoport as White House Operator #1 |
 | Marliese Schneider as White House Operator #2 |
 | Steven Culp as Robert F. Kennedy |
 | Dylan Baker as Robert McNamara |
 | Bill Smitrovich as Gen. Maxwell Taylor |
| Henry Strozier as Dean Rusk |
 | Ed Lauter as Gen. Marshall Carter |
| Michael Fairman as Adlai Stevenson |
| Walter Adrian as Lyndon Johnson |
 | Tim Kelleher as Ted Sorensen |
 | James Karen as George Ball |
| Dan Ziskie as Gen. Walter 'Cam' Sweeney |
 | Len Cariou as Dean Acheson |
 | Peter White as John McCone |
 | Kevin Conway as Gen. Curtis LeMay |
 | Kelly Connell as Pierre Salinger |
 | Olek Krupa as Andrei Gromyko |
 | Elya Baskin as Anotoly Dobrinyn |
| Timothy Jerome as Journalist |
 | Jack McGee as Richard J. Daley |
| Lamar Smith as Aide |
 | John Aylward as Orville Dryfoos |
 | Madison Mason as Adm. George Anderson |
| Vivien Straus as White House Aide |
| Christopher Lawford as Cmdr. William B. Ecker |
| David O'Donnell as Lt. Bruce Wilhemy |
| Gene Del Bianco as Petty Officer |
 | Benjamin Koldyke as RF-8 Pilot |
| Daniel Vergara as OAS Secretary General José A. Mora |
| Ruben Moreno as Argentine Diplomat |
 | Thomas Roberts as Sonar Operator |
| Sean Bergin as Chief Sonarman |
| Alan Francis Sullivan as Executive Officer of USS Pierce |
| Robert Munstis as Radio Room Operator #1 |
 | Michael Gaston as Captain of USS Pierce |
| Joseph Repoff as Radio Room Operator #2 |
 | J. Tucker Smith as Captain of USS Kennedy |
 | Chris Henry Coffey as Officer of Destroyer |
 | Oleg Vidov as Valerian Zorin |
| Radu Gavor as Romanian Delegate |
| Zitto Kazann as Chilean Delegate |
 | Alex Veadov as Radio Room Operator #3 |
 | Jack Blessing as John Scali |
 | Tom Everett as Walter Sheridan |
 | Karl Makinen as Young FBI Agent |
 | Boris Lee Krutonog as Alexander Fomin |
 | Charles Esten as Maj. Rudolf Anderson |
| Charles Barrett as Air Force NCO |
| Darryl Smith as Football Coach |
 | Allan Graf as Football Referee |
 | Robert Miranda as RFK's Driver |
| Todd Sible as RFK's Staffer |
| Marya Kazakova as Soviet Woman |
 | Cliff Fleming as Aerial Coordinator |
 | Craig Hosking as Pilot |
| Michael R. Bowman as Aide to JFK (uncredited) |
 | Greg Bronson as Secret Service Agent (uncredited) |
 | Walter Cronkite as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 | Ryder Davis as Boy Scout (uncredited) |
| Roger Ferreira as Army Lieutenant General (uncredited) |
 | Armen Garo as Crewman on Freighter (uncredited) |
| Gilley Grey as Air Force Pilot (uncredited) |
 | Phil Hawn as UN Administrator (uncredited) |
 | Ted Hollis as OAS Delegate (uncredited) |
 | Rick Kain as Carpenter (uncredited) |
 | John F. Kennedy as Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Steven Koller as White House Staff (uncredited) |
 | Pramod Kumar as U Thant (uncredited) |
| Paul McMichael as JFK Fan / Greeter (uncredited) |
 | Richard Rossi as Reporter (uncredited) |
| Larry Strauss as Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon (uncredited) |
 | Brad Yoder as Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited) |
| Sound | |
| Harry Cohen | Sound Effects Editor |
Production | |
| Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Kevin Costner | Producer |
Editing | |
| Conrad Buff IV | Editor |
Production | |
| Michael De Luca | Executive Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | |
| Isis Mussenden | Costume Design |
Sound | |
| Trevor Jones | Original Music Composer |
Costume & Make-Up | |
| Toni-Ann Walker | Hair Department Head |
Production | |
| Marc Abraham | Executive Producer |
Camera | |
| Andrzej Bartkowiak | Director of Photography |
Art | |
| J. Dennis Washington | Production Design |
Directing | |
| Roger Donaldson | Director |
Production | |
| Ilona Herzberg | Executive Producer |
Writing | |
| David Self | Screenplay |
Art | |
| Denise Pizzini | Set Decoration |
Production | |
| Armyan Bernstein | Producer |
| Nancy Rae Stone | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Thomas A. Bliss | Executive Producer |
Camera | |
| Christopher Duddy | Additional Photography |
Production | |
| Peter O. Almond | Producer |
Sound | |
| David E. Fluhr | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Costume & Make-Up | |
| Francisco X. Pérez | Makeup Department Head |
Production | |
| Angela Heald | Production Supervisor |
Sound | |
| Richard Bryce Goodman | Production Sound Mixer |
Production | |
| Lope V. Juban Jr. | Producer |
| Paul Deason | Unit Production Manager |
Camera | |
| Ben Glass | Still Photographer |
Sound | |
| Ralph Osborn | Dialogue Editor |
| Michael Herbick | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Adam Jenkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Directing | |
| Deirdre Horgan | Script Supervisor |
Sound | |
| Ann Scibelli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Benjamin Beardwood | Dialogue Editor |
| Steven D. Williams | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Geoffrey G. Rubay | Sound Effects Editor |
Camera | |
| Tommy Klines | First Assistant Camera |
Sound | |
| Carey Milbradt | Sound Effects Editor |
| Wade Wilson | Sound Editor |
| Barbara Issak | Dialogue Editor |
