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02/03/1990 Action, Thriller 2h 15m
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Invisible. Silent. Stolen.

Overview

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!

  1. John McTiernan

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Sean Connery

    Capt. 1st Marko Ramius

  2. Alec Baldwin

    Dr. Jack Ryan

  3. Scott Glenn

    CDR Bart Mancuso (USS Dallas)

  4. Sam Neill

    Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin

  5. James Earl Jones

    Vice ADM James Greer

  6. Joss Ackland

    Ambassador Andrei Lysenko

  7. Richard Jordan

    Dr. Jeffrey Pelt, National Security Advisor

  8. Peter Firth

    Capt. 2nd Ivan Putin (Political Officer, Red October)

  9. Tim Curry

    Dr. Yevgeni Petrov (Red October)

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2023-05-30
**_Submarine strategies with Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin and Scott Glenn_**

Just before Gorbachev’s rise to power in the USSR, a notable naval commander (Connery) takes a technologically advanced submarine on its maiden voyage to conduct missile drills off of America's east coast. Something happens to draw the ire of the Soviet brass while a CIA analyst (Baldwin) believes the captain might be defecting. James Earl Jones, Sam Neill and Courtney B Vance are on hand.

Based on the 1984 Tom Clancy novel, “The Hunt for Red October” (1990) is a well-done Cold War thriller and the first of ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$30,000,000.00

Revenue
$200,512,643.00

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