Review – The Missiles of October

The title – a twist on The Guns of August – clearly identifies this as a tale of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The production appears to be a shot-on-video recording of what was probably originally a stage production, so it’s nowhere near as slick as Thirteen Days. On the other hand, it’s fun to watch a parade of actors who went on to play creepy government types in other shows. William Devane plays JFK, with an accent-slipping Martin Sheen backing him up as Bobby. Though this doesn’t add anything particularly new or interesting to the world of Missile Crisis cinema, it’s a reasonably entertaining telling of the tale. Mildly amusing