DVD  2 hr 14 mins   IMDB  7.6
The Hunt For Red October
Paramount Pictures (1990)
In Collection
#67

My Rating:
7*

Seen It:
Yes
Action, Adventure, Thriller
USA  /  English

Sean Connery Marko Ramius
Alec Baldwin Jack Ryan
Timothy Carhart Bill Steiner
Joss Ackland Andrei Lysenko
Tim Curry Dr. Petrov
Scott Glenn Bartolomeo Vito Mancuso
James Earl Jones James Greer
Sam Neill Vasily Borodin
Tomas Arana Igor Loginov
Michael George Benko Ivan
Artur Cybulski Yuri
Daniel Davis Charlie Davenport
Peter Firth Ivan Yurevich Putin
Ronald Guttman Lieutenant Melekhin
Jeffrey Jones Oliver Wendell Tyler
Richard Jordan Dr. Jeffrey Pelt
Boris Lee Krutonog Victor Slavin
Anthony Peck Thompson
Courtney B. Vance Seaman Jones
Stellan Skarsgård Captain Viktor Tupolev
Larry Ferguson Chief of the Boat
Fred Dalton Thompson Admiral Painter
Pete Antico Seaman - USS Dallas

Director John McTiernan
Producer Mace Neufeld; Larry DeWaay
Writer Larry Ferguson; Tom Clancy
Cinematography Jan de Bont
Musician Basil Poledouris

Jack Ryan a CIA analyst who gets caught up in an international incident when Marko Ramius, Russias top submarine instructor steals Russia’s most advanced nuclear submarines, The Red October and tries to defect to the West in secret. He is disillusioned with the motherland after the death of his wife. The Russian submarine has a silent propulsion system called a caterpillar drive and for this technology to get into the hands of the West would be a catastrophe. This is the biggest scoop of military intelligence in US history. Jack Ryan is an expert in submarines and has met Ramius before at diplomatic functions. Ryan is recruited by Admiral James Greer head of the CIA to find the submarine, communicate with Captain Ramius and help him defect to the West without the Russian fleet finding out.

Edition Details
Region Region 1
No. of Disks/Tapes 1