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    Hunt For Red October, The (1990)

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    This Cold War thriller marks the first screen appearance of Jack Ryan, the US agent subsequently played by Harrison Ford in Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger, Ben Affleck in The Sum of All Fears, and Chris Pine in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.

    Here, Ryan (Alec Baldwin) plays a distinct second fiddle to the enigmatic Soviet commander Marko Ramius (a charismatic Sean Connery) who sparks an international crisis when he starts heading his new submarine – the Red October – straight for the USA during the trial voyage.

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    The sub is heavily armed and equipped with an experimental new propulsion system that makes it virtually impossible to track.

    As the superpowers engage in the usual round of accusations and denials, it’s left to Ryan to figure out whether the Russian is defecting or preparing to launch an undetectable, pre-emptive nuclear strike.

    The talented supporting cast (Sam Neill, Tim Curry, Joss Ackland, James Earl Jones, Scott Glenn) gives a pleasing sheen to the material while John McTiernan’s no-frills direction ensures that the tension rarely slips below pressure-cooker level.

    Capt. Marko Ramius
    Sean Connery
    Jack Ryan
    Alec Baldwin
    Captain Bart Mancuso
    Scott Glenn
    Captain Vasily Borodin
    Sam Neill
    Admiral James Greer
    James Earl Jones
    Andrei Lysenko
    Joss Ackland
    Jeffrey Pelt
    Richard Jordan
    Ivan Putin
    Peter Firth
    Dr. Petrov
    Tim Curry
    Seaman Jones
    Courtney B. Vance
    Captain Tupolev
    Stellan Skarsgård
    Skip Tyler
    Jeffrey Jones
    Bill Steiner
    Timothy Carhart
    Admiral Painter
    Fred Dalton Thompson
    Captain Davenport
    Daniel Davis
    Loginov
    Tomas Arana
    Seaman Beaumont
    Ned Vaughn
    Lieutenant Commander Thompson
    Anthony Peck
    Lt Melekhin
    Ronald Guttman
    Ivan
    Ivan Benko
    Kamarov
    Michael Welden
    Slavin
    Boris Krutonog

    Director
    John McTiernan

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