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The Hunt for Red October

1990Feature film129 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States
Languages
English · Russian
Genres
drama film · thriller film · action film · war film · political thriller film · spy film · submarine film

Credits

Cinematography

Jan de Bont — Cinematography

Direction

John McTiernan — Directing

Editing

Dennis Virkler — Editing

Music

Basil Poledouris — Music composition

Cast

Sean Connery — Acting (Captain 1st rank Marko Ramius)
Scott Glenn — Acting (Commander Bart Mancuso)
James Earl Jones — Acting (Vice Admiral James Greer)
Sam Neill — Acting (Captain 2nd rank Vasily Borodin)
Joss Ackland — Acting (Andrei Lysenko)
Richard Jordan — Acting (Jeffrey Pelt)
Peter Firth — Acting (Ivan Putin)
Tim Curry — Acting (Dr. Petrov)
Courtney B. Vance — Acting (Petty Officer Jones)
Stellan Skarsgård — Acting (Captain 2nd rank Viktor Tupolev)
Jeffrey Jones — Acting (Skip Tyler)
Tomas Arana — Acting (Loginov)
Fred Thompson — Acting (Rear Admiral Joshua Painter)
Alec Baldwin — Acting (Jack Ryan)
Anthony Peck — Acting (Lt. Commander Thompson)
Daniel Davis — Acting (Captain Charlie Davenport)
Gates McFadden — Acting (Caroline/Cathy Ryan)
Larry Ferguson — Acting (Master Chief Petty Officer Watson)
Ronald Guttman — Acting (Lt. Melekhin)
Timothy Carhart — Acting (Lt. Commander Bill Steiner)
Sven-Ole Thorsen — Acting
Rick Ducommun — Acting (C-2A Navigator)
Andrew Divoff — Acting
Peter Zinner — Acting
Ivan G'Vera — Acting
Ping Wu — Acting
Ned Vaughn — Acting (Seaman Beaumont)
Peter Jason — Acting (USS Reuben James Commanding Officer)

Production

Mace Neufeld — Production

Writing

John Milius — Screenwriting
Larry Ferguson — Screenwriting
Documented participation

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Distribution

Netflix

International
Verified

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Releases by territory

United States · Original release
2 Mar 1990Checked 13 Sep 2026
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