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Film / 1990
The Hunt for Red October
Directed by
John McTiernan
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. …
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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!
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The Jack Ryan Collection
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Cast
Alec BaldwinDr. Jack Ryan
Sean ConneryCapt. 1st Marko Ramius
Scott GlennCDR Bart Mancuso (USS Dallas)
Sam NeillCapt. 2nd Vasily Borodin
James Earl JonesVice ADM James Greer
Joss AcklandAmbassador Andrei Lysenko
Richard JordanDr. Jeffrey Pelt, National Security Advisor
Peter FirthCapt. 2nd Ivan Putin (Political Officer, Red October)
Tim CurryDr. Yevgeni Petrov (Red October)
Courtney B. VancePetty Officer Ronald 'Jonesy' Jones (USS Dallas)
Stellan SkarsgårdCapt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)
Jeffrey JonesSkip Tyler
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Fred ThompsonRear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)
Timothy CarhartBill Steiner
Larry FergusonChief of the Boat (USS Dallas)
Daniel DavisCPT Charlie Davenport (USS Enterprise)
Tomas AranaIgor Loginov (Cook, Red October)
Anatoli DavydovOfficer #1 (Red October)
Rick DucommunNavigator C-2A
Ronald GuttmanLt. Alexander Melekhin (Red October)
Krzysztof JanczarAndrei Bonovia (V.K. Konovalov)
Anthony PeckLt. CDR Philip Thompson (USS Dallas)
Ned VaughnSeaman Beaumont (USS Dallas)
Mark DraxtonSeaman (USS Dallas)
Tom FisherSeaman (USS Dallas)
Pete AnticoSeaman (USS Dallas)
Michael George BenkoIvan (Red October)
Ivan G'VeraOfficer #2 (Red October)
Artur CybulskiDiving Officer (Red October)
Sven-Ole ThorsenRussian COB (Red October)
Michael WeldenGregoriy Kamarov (Red October)
Boris Lee KrutonogViktor Slavin (Red October)
Kenton KovellSeaman (Red October)
Radu GavorSeaman (Red October)
Ivan IvanovSeaman (Red October)
Ping WuSeaman (Red October)
Herman SinitzynSeaman (Red October)
Vlado BendenSeaman (V.K. Konovalov)
George SaundersSeaman (V.K. Konovalov)
Don Oscar SmithHelicopter Pilot
George H. BillyDSRV Officer (Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle)
Reed PopovichLt. Jim Curry
Andrew DivoffOfficer Andrei Amalric (Russian Foxtrot Bomber)
Peter ZinnerADM Yuri Padorin, Chief Political Officer, Soviet Navy
Tony VenetoPadorin's Orderly
Ben HartiganAdmiral (Briefing)
Ray ReinhardtJudge Moore (Briefing)
F.J. O'NeilGeneral (Briefing)
Robert BuckinghamAdmiral #2 (Briefing)
A.C. LylesAdvisor #1
John McTiernan Sr.Advisor #2
David SederholmSunglasses
John ShepherdRussian Foxtrot Pilot
William Bell SullivanLt. CDR Mike Hewitt
Gates McFaddenCaroline Ryan
Louise BorrasSally Ryan
Denise E. JamesStewardess
Peter JasonCommander, USS Reuben James (uncredited)
Shane BlackCrewman, USS Reuben James (uncredited)
Mark RodneyAssistant Joint Chief of Staff (uncredited)
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