Giedre Zickyte
Director

In 1970 Lithuanian sailor Simas Kudirka made a desperate leap for freedom from his Soviet vessel to a US Coast Guard cutter, but the Americans sent him back - inciting one of the Cold War's most complex and suspenseful political blunders.
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Giedre Zickyte
Director

Walter Cronkite
Self

Richard Nixon
Self

Gerald Ford
Self

Henry Kissinger
Self
Robert M. Brieze
Self - New Bedford Seafood Producers Association
Grazina Paegle
Self - Lithuanian American
Cindy White Glazewski
Self
Lila Aryan
Self
Simas Kudirka
Self - Radio Operator - Sovetskaya Litva
Ralph W. Eustis
Self - Commander - USCGC Vigilant
Paul E. Pakos
Self - Executive Officer - USCGC Vigilant
Vytautas Urbonas
Self - KGB Interrogator
Robert P. Hanrahan
Self - U.S. Representative from Illinois
Barbara Korman
Self
Ann Ingham
Self
Daiva Kezys
Self - Lithuanian American
S. Paul Zumbakis
Self - Robert Hanrahan's Speechwriter
Tracy Lopez
Self

Josh Alexander
Writer