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The Hunt for Red October

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PG,2hrs 17min

Genre:

Action

Released:

March 2, 1990

Director:

John McTiernan

Distributor:

Paramount Pictures

Starring:

Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn ...more

Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis

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	Brendon Hanley, AMG Review A contemplative thriller by early 1990s standards, The Hunt For Red October was the first movie based on the successful Jack Ryan novels of Tom Clancy. Robbed of much of the book's Cold War appeal by the time of its release, the movie was nonetheless embraced by American audiences; it was among the ten highest-grossing movies of 1990. It would be director John McTiernan's third major action hit following ... Full Review

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	Sean Connery Capt. Marko Ramius Alec Baldwin Jack Ryan Scott Glenn Capt. Bart Mancuso James Earl Jones Admiral James Greer

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