The Jump
2020-06-221h 24m
DocumentaryHistory
IMDb8.3/10
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.
Cast & Crew
G
Giedre Zickyte
Director
Walter Cronkite
Self
Richard Nixon
Self
Gerald Ford
Self
Henry Kissinger
Self
R
Robert M. Brieze
Self - New Bedford Seafood Producers Association
G
Grazina Paegle
Self - Lithuanian American
C
Cindy White Glazewski
Self
L
Lila Aryan
Self
S
Simas Kudirka
Self - Radio Operator - Sovetskaya Litva
R
Ralph W. Eustis
Self - Commander - USCGC Vigilant
P
Paul E. Pakos
Self - Executive Officer - USCGC Vigilant
V
Vytautas Urbonas
Self - KGB Interrogator
R
Robert P. Hanrahan
Self - U.S. Representative from Illinois
B
Barbara Korman
Self
A
Ann Ingham
Self
D
Daiva Kezys
Self - Lithuanian American
S
S. Paul Zumbakis
Self - Robert Hanrahan's Speechwriter
T
Tracy Lopez
Self
Josh Alexander
Writer
G
Giedre Zickyte
Writer
