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The Hunt for Red October

BBC One
on BBC One London

Film Premiere. Cold War thriller based on Tom Clancy's bestseller, starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill
Soviet nuclear powered submarine Red October is about to go on its maiden voyage to undergo tests for her new sonar system, which makes it virtually impossible to track. Captaining the vessel is Marko Ramius, an enigmatic Lithuanian who disobeys orders and begins heading for the east American coast. Is he about to launch an undetectable, pre-emptive strike? Or, as CIA researcher Jack Ryan believes, is Ramius about to defect? (1990)
FILM REVIEWS pages 46-65

Contributors

Based on the novel by:
Tom Clancy
Director:
John McTiernan
Captain Marko Ramius:
Sean Connery
Jack Ryan:
Alec Baldwin
Captain Borodin:
Sam Neill
Captain Bart Mancuso:
Scott Glenn
Admiral Greer:
James Earl Jones
Andrei Lysenko:
Joss Ackland
Ivan Putin:
Peter Firth
Dr Petrov:
Tim Curry
Jeffrey Pelt:
Richard Jordan
Skip Tyler:
Jeffrey Jones
Seaman Jones:
Courtney B Vance
Source: Radio Times

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