The Untold History of the United States Chapter 6: JFK - To the Brink (Season 1, Episode 6)
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TV Episode | 58 min | Documentary, History, War

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The Untold History of the United States

Chapter 6: JFK - To the Brink (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV-MA

TV Episode | 58 min | Documentary, History, War

JFK and the Bay of Pigs; on the brink of total war during Cuban Missile Crisis; early Vietnam; JFK's attempts at peace with Khrushchev; JFK assassinated. Directed and narrated by Oliver Stone .

Director

Oliver Stone

Writers

Peter Kuznick (written by) | Matt Graham (written by) | Oliver Stone (written by)

Producers

José Ibáñez | Fernando Sulichin

Composers

Craig Armstrong | Adam Peters

Editor

Alex Márquez (as Alex Marquez)

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Updated Dec 17, 2012

Release date

Dec 17, 2012 (United States)

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
John F. Kennedy Self - USA President (archive footage) Self - USA President (archive footage) See fewer	Profiles in Courage (1964)
Ed Herlihy Self - Universal-International Newsreader (voice) (archive footage) Self - Universal-International Newsreader (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Self - Historian (voice) (archive footage) Self - Historian (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985)
Nikita Khrushchev Self - USSR President (archive footage) Self - USSR President (archive footage) See fewer	This Hour Has Seven Days (1964)
Robert McNamara Self - Defense Secretary (voice) (archive footage) Self - Defense Secretary (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	The Fog of War (2003)
Kenneth P. O'Donnell Self - Political Consultant (archive footage) Self - Political Consultant (archive footage) See fewer	Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye (1977)
Marilyn Monroe Self - Movie Star (archive footage) Self - Movie Star (archive footage) See fewer	Some Like It Hot (1959)
Walter Cronkite Self - CBS News Announcer (archive footage) Self - CBS News Announcer (archive footage) See fewer	Liberty's Kids (2002)
Lyndon B. Johnson Self - US President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) Self - US President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) See fewer	Spartamerika
Oliver Stone Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	JFK (1991)
Mark Ivanir Nikita Khrushchev (voice) Nikita Khrushchev (voice) See fewer	Away (2020)
Tim Russell John Kennedy / Robert Kennedy (voice) John Kennedy / Robert Kennedy (voice) See fewer	A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
André Sogliuzzo Actor (credit only) Actor (credit only) See fewer	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)