<Li> Topaz, 1969 film by Alfred Hitchcock based on the 1967 novel by Leon Uris, set during the run - up to the crisis </Li> <Li> The Missiles of October, 1974 TV docudrama about the crisis </Li> <Li> The World Next Door, 1990 novel by Brad Ferguson, set in this period </Li> <Li> Quantum Leap, 1991 TV Show, (Season 3 Episode, Nuclear Family--October 26, 1962), Sam must deal with the panic associated with the Cuban Missile Crisis as a Florida fallout shelter salesman, as well as prevent a man from being killed during a practice raid a few days after his arrival . </Li>

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