The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
| Directing | Roger Donaldson | Director |
| Writing | David Self | Screenplay |
| Production | Peter O. Almond | Producer |
| Production | Armyan Bernstein | Producer |
| Production | Marc Abraham | Executive Producer |
| Production | Thomas A. Bliss | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kevin Costner | Producer |
| Camera | Andrzej Bartkowiak | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Conrad Buff IV | Editor |
| Production | Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Art | J. Dennis Washington | Production Design |
| Camera | Ben Glass | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Christopher Duddy | Additional Photography |
| Sound | Trevor Jones | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isis Mussenden | Costume Design |
| Art | Denise Pizzini | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Deirdre Horgan | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Richard Bryce Goodman | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | David E. Fluhr | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Adam Jenkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Herbick | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Wade Wilson | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Steven D. Williams | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Harry Cohen | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Carey Milbradt | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Geoffrey G. Rubay | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Ann Scibelli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Production | Angela Heald | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Paul Deason | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Toni-Ann Walker | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francisco X. Pérez | Makeup Department Head |
| Production | Nancy Rae Stone | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Camera | Tommy Klines | First Assistant Camera |
| Production | Lope V. Juban Jr. | Producer |
| Sound | Ralph Osborn | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Benjamin Beardwood | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Barbara Issak | Dialogue Editor |
| Production | Michael De Luca | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ilona Herzberg | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gary Archer | Prosthetics |
| Writing | Ernest R. May | Book |
| Crew | Allan Graf | Stunt Coordinator |
