Movies / The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Runtime: 135 min
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Countries: USA
The first of several films based on Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" technothrillers, Hunt for Red October stars Alec Baldwin as eccentric CIA analyst Ryan and Sean Connery as Soviet submarine commander Marko Ramius. Ramius sets the plot in motion when he murders his political adviser, burns his orders, and steers his sub Red October towards American waters, hoping to defect. The CIA, aware that the Red October was about to embark on an evasive mission to demonstrate its ability to avoid detection and fire its nuclear missiles upon U.S. installations, believes that Ramius is insane, and that he plans to start World War III. To cover their own behinds, the Russians back up the CIA's suspicion. Only Jack Ryan believes that Ramius' mission is not as apocalyptic as it seems -- and it is Ryan who is assigned to infiltrate the Red October to prove his theory. The sort of film that in an earlier era would have been called a "thinking man's thriller," The Hunt for Red October ushered in a new series of Hollywood-produced post-Cold War adventure films, including 1995's Crimson Tide. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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John McTiernan | ... |
Writers (4) | Credit |
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David Shaber | (screenplay) (uncredited) |
Donald E. Stewart | (screenplay) (as Donald Stewart) |
Larry Ferguson | (screenplay) and |
Tom Clancy | (novel) |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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Basil Poledouris | ... |
Editors (2) | Credit |
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Dennis Virkler | ... |
John Wright | ... |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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Jan de Bont | director of photography (as Jan De Bont) |
Actors (65) | Credit |
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A.C. Lyles | Advisor #1 |
Alec Baldwin | Jack Ryan |
Anatoli Davydov | Officer #1 - Red October (as Anatoly Davydov) |
Andrew Divoff | Andrei Amalric |
Anthony Peck | Lt. Comm. Thompson - USS Dallas |
Artur Cybulski | Diving Officer - Red October |
Ben Hartigan | Admiral (Briefing) |
Boris Lee Krutonog | Slavin - Red October (as Boris Krutonog) |
Courtney B. Vance | Seaman Jones |
Daniel Davis | Captain Davenport |
David Sederholm | Sunglasses |
Denise E. James | Stewardess |
Don Oscar Smith | Helicopter Pilot |
F.J. O'Neil | General (Briefing) |
Fred Dalton Thompson | Admiral Painter |
Gates McFadden | Caroline Ryan |
George H. Billy | DSRV Officer |
George Saunders | Seaman - Konovalov (as George Winston) |
Herman Sinitzyn | Seaman - Red October |
Ivan G'Vera | Officer #2 - Red October |
Ivan Ivanov | Seaman - Red October |
James Earl Jones | Admiral Greer |
James Michael Kaura | Flight Deck Crew (Background) (uncredited) |
Jeffrey Jones | Skip Tyler |
John C. Grant | Russian Sailor (uncredited) |
John McTiernan Sr. | Advisor #2 |
John Shepherd | Foxtrot Pilot |
Joss Ackland | Andrei Lysenko |
Kenton Kovell | Seaman - Red October |
Krzysztof Janczar | Andrei Bonovia - Konovalov (as Christopher Janczar) |
Larry Ferguson | Chief of the Boat |
Louise Borras | Sally Ryan |
Mark Draxton | Seaman - USS Dallas |
Mark Rodney | Assistant Joint Chief of Staff (uncredited) |
Michael George Benko | Ivan - Red October |
Michael Welden | Kamarov - Red October |
Ned Vaughn | Seaman Beaumont - USS Dallas |
Paul Yalnezian | Russian Sailor (uncredited) |
Pete Antico | Seaman - USS Dallas |
Peter Firth | Ivan Putin |
Peter Jason | USS Reuben James Commander (uncredited) |
Peter Zinner | Admiral Padorin |
Ping Wu | Seaman - Red October |
Radu Gavor | Seaman - Red October |
Randy James | Russian Seaman (uncredited) |
Ray Reinhardt | Judge Moore (Briefing) |
Reed Popovich | Lt. Jim Curry (as LCDR Reed Popovich) |
Richard Jordan | Jeffrey Pelt |
Rick Ducommun | Navigator C-2A |
Robert Buckingham | Admiral #2 (Briefing) |
Ronald Guttman | Lt. Melekhin - Red October |
Sam Neill | Captain Borodin |
Scott Glenn | Bart Mancuso |
Sean Connery | Marko Ramius |
Shane Black | USS Reuben James Crewman (uncredited) |
Stanley | Himself |
Stellan SkarsgÄrd | Captain Tupolev |
Sven-Ole Thorsen | Russian COB - Red October |
Tim Curry | Dr. Petrov |
Timothy Carhart | Bill Steiner |
Tomas Arana | Loginov (Cook) - Red October |
Tom Fisher | Seaman - USS Dallas |
Tony Veneto | Padorin's Orderly |
Vlado Benden | Seaman - Konovalov |
William Bell Sullivan | Lt. Cmd. Mike Hewitt |