Summary
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!
Cast
Sean Connery
Capt. 1st Marko Ramius
Alec Baldwin
Dr. Jack Ryan
Scott Glenn
CDR Bart Mancuso (USS Dallas)
Sam Neill
Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin
James Earl Jones
Vice ADM James Greer
Joss Ackland
Ambassador Andrei Lysenko
Richard Jordan
Dr. Jeffrey Pelt, National Security Advisor
Peter Firth
Capt. 2nd Ivan Putin (Political Officer, Red October)
Tim Curry
Dr. Yevgeni Petrov (Red October)
Courtney B. Vance
Petty Officer Ronald 'Jonesy' Jones (USS Dallas)
Stellan Skarsgård
Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)
Jeffrey Jones
Skip Tyler
Timothy Carhart
Bill Steiner
Larry Ferguson
Chief of the Boat (USS Dallas)
Fred Thompson
Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)
Daniel Davis
CPT Charlie Davenport (USS Enterprise)
Ned Vaughn
Seaman Beaumont (USS Dallas)
Anthony Peck
Lt. CDR Philip Thompson (USS Dallas)
Mark Draxton
Seaman (USS Dallas)
Tom Fisher
Seaman (USS Dallas)
Pete Antico
Seaman (USS Dallas)
Ronald Guttman
Lt. Alexander Melekhin (Red October)
Tomas Arana
Igor Loginov (Cook, Red October)
Michael George Benko
Ivan (Red October)
Anatoli Davydov
Officer #1 (Red October)
Ivan G'Vera
Officer #2 (Red October)
Artur Cybulski
Diving Officer (Red October)
Sven-Ole Thorsen
Russian COB (Red October)
Michael Welden
Gregoriy Kamarov (Red October)
Boris Lee Krutonog
Viktor Slavin (Red October)
Kenton Kovell
Seaman (Red October)
Radu Gavor
Seaman (Red October)
Ivan Ivanov
Seaman (Red October)
Ping Wu
Seaman (Red October)
Herman Sinitzyn
Seaman (Red October)
Krzysztof Janczar
Andrei Bonovia (V.K. Konovalov)
Vlado Benden
Seaman (V.K. Konovalov)
George Saunders
Seaman (V.K. Konovalov)
Don Oscar Smith
Helicopter Pilot
Rick Ducommun
Navigator C-2A
George H. Billy
DSRV Officer (Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle)
Reed Popovich
Lt. Jim Curry
Andrew Divoff
Officer Andrei Amalric (Russian Foxtrot Bomber)
Peter Zinner
ADM Yuri Padorin, Chief Political Officer, Soviet Navy
Tony Veneto
Padorin's Orderly
Ben Hartigan
Admiral (Briefing)
Ray Reinhardt
Judge Moore (Briefing)
F.J. O'Neil
General (Briefing)
Robert Buckingham
Admiral #2 (Briefing)
A.C. Lyles
Advisor #1
John McTiernan Sr.
Advisor #2
David Sederholm
Sunglasses
John Shepherd
Russian Foxtrot Pilot
William Bell Sullivan
Lt. CDR Mike Hewitt
Gates McFadden
Caroline Ryan
Louise Borras
Sally Ryan
Denise E. James
Stewardess
Peter Jason
Commander, USS Reuben James (uncredited)
Shane Black
Crewman, USS Reuben James (uncredited)
Mark Rodney
Assistant Joint Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Crew
Director
John McTiernan
Novel
Tom Clancy
Screenplay
Larry Ferguson
Screenplay
Donald E. Stewart
Reviews
Wuchak
May 30, 2023
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**_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 currently five movies involving the character of Jack Ryan. The next two are “Patriot Games” (1992) and “Clear and Present Danger” (1994) featuring Harrison Ford in the role. Then Ben Affleck would take over for one installment, “The Sum of All Fears” (2002), before Chris Pine’s “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” (2014).
To appreciate this movie, you have to be in the mood for military-oriented drama/suspense rooted in global politics and an all-male cast (except for a cameo by Gates McFadden). Like “Ice Station Zebra” (1968), the scenes mostly consist of men dialoguing & strategizing in the cramped quarters of submarines or vessels; as well as political rooms/offices. A saboteur is no doubt lurking nearby.
The movie runs 2 hours, 15 minutes, and was shot in America, e.g. Port Valdez, Alaska (opening sequence); Lake James, North Carolina (closing scene); the state of Washington (Port Angeles & Keyport); naval bases in Los Angeles and Connecticut; USS Blueback; San Diego; as well as Liverpool, England (standing-in for Moscow).
GRADE: B
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$30,000,000.00
Revenue:
$200,512,643.00
