The Hunt for Red October (1990) Sean Connery Captain Marko Alexandrovich Ramius Alec Baldwin Dr Jack Ryan James Earl Jones US Admiral Greer Sam Neill Captain Vasily Borodin Scott Glenn Captain Bart Manusco Joss Ackland Andrei Lysenko Courtney B. Vance Seaman Jones Stellan Skarsgard Captain Tupolev Jeffrey Jones Skip Tyler Richard Jordan Jeffrey Pelt Tim Curry Dr Petrov Peter Firth Ivan Putlin Timothy Carhart Bell Steiner Larry Ferguson Chief of the Boat Fred Thompson Admiral Painter Daniel Davis Captain Davenport Ned Vaughn Seaman Beaumont Anthony Peck (II) Lieutenant Commander Thompson Mark Draxton Seaman Thomas Fisher Seaman Pete Antico Seaman Ronald Guttman Lieutenant Melekhin Tomas Arana Loginov--Cook Michael George Benko Ivan Anatoly Davydov 1st Officer Ivan G Vera 2nd Officer Artur Cybulski Diving Officer Sven-Ole Thorsen Russian COB Michael Welden (II) Kamarov Boris Lee Krutonog Slavin Directed by: John McTiernan Produced by: John Scheele, Larry DeWaay, Jerry Sherlock The United States reacts with surprise, curiousity, and intrigue when the captain, and selected crew of a Soviet missile submarine announce their intention to defect. ========== Soviets create a new nuclear submarine that runs silent due to a revolutionary propulsion system. Russian sub captain defects, goal of taking it to the U.S.A. to prevent the Russians from using the sub to wreak nuclear (missile) war against the U.S. Lots of plot turns and twists in this high-tech thriller. ========== This film tells the story of Captain Marko Ramius, the skipper of the Soviet Union's newest nuclear sub. Jack Ryan of the CIA gets involved in a tense, tangled hunt for this sub, when Ramius defects, taking the "Red October" with him. The story is an action packed techno-thriller. ========== Marko Ramius is a senior Lithuanian sub captain whose plans to defect are met with strong opposition by his own Soviet navy, and American misconceptions of his intentions. CIA analyst Jack Ryan, the one man who sees the defection, must convince most of the American navy he is correct. The action climaxes with an amazing naval battle, but who will win The Hunt for Red October? ========== A new, technologically-superior Soviet sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst 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 him, too. The hunt is on! ========== Red October is a new Soviet Submarine. When the Americans are given photographs of it, they are extremely curious as to why is it so special. Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst, consults with a friend, who deduces that it's equipped with a new engine that can make it run virtually silent and with such a device, they can position themselves on the outskirts of any coastal city and launch their missles and not give their target any warning. Marko Ramius the sub's captain kills their political officer after they open their orders which basically has them conducting routine maneuvers but he kills him and burns their orders and replaces it. He then tells the crew that they are going to test their new engine by positioning themselves by New York and run missile drills. Ryan is then called by his boss to attend a briefing that concerns Red October. It is at this briefing that they discover that Ramius sent a letter to high ranking Soviet official, who after reading the letter went to meet with the Soviet Premier and it was shortly after that meeting that the Soviet navy was deployed to find Red October and sink it. Everyone assumes that Ramius has turned rogue but Ryan who once did research on Ramius assumes that he might be trying to defect. While everyone dismisses him, the National Security Adviser tells Ryan to go out there and find out for sure if he is right cause once Ramius is in position to fire his missiles they have take him out. Ryan reluctantly goes and is not use to fieldwork, is having a hard time coping with the sea. At the same time someone in the Red October crew knows that Ramius has deviated from his assignment and is doing what he can to stop him.