The Hunt for Red October / Paramount Pictures presents ; a Mace Neufeld, Jerry Sherlock production ; a John McTiernan film ; screenplay by Larry Ferguson and Donald Stewart ; produced by Mace Neufeld ; directed by John McTiernan.
Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Joss Ackland, Tim Curry, Peter Firth,Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Jeffrey Jones, Richard Jordan, Sam Neill, Stellan Skarsgå̊rd, Fred Dalton Thompson, Courtney B. Vance. Based on the novel by Tom Clancy. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1990. "LV32020-WS"--Disc labels and container. In the opening credits, the title morphs from the half cyrillic/half transliterated phrase Kransyĭ Okti︠a︡br to the English The Hunt for Red October.
Summary:
An advanced Soviet nuclear submarine is heading for the U.S. coastline. Most government intelligence experts think it is planning to attack, except for one man. He believes the sub's commander is really planning to defect, but he has only a short time to find the sub and prove his theory.
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