The Hunt for Red October 1975. "The Hunt for Red October" launched Clancy's successful career as a novelist, especially after then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan remarked that he had enjoyed reading the book. A film adaptation was released on March 2, 1990, and several computer and video games based on the book have been developed. Since then, the book has become instrumental in bringing the book genre of techno-thriller into the mainstream. During the Cold War, Marko Ramius, a Soviet Navy submarine commander of Lithuanian descent, plans to defect to the United States with his hand-picked officers on board the ballistic missile submarine "Red October", a
Where the Red Fern Grows (2003 film) Where the Red Fern Grows (2003 film) Where the Red Fern Grows is a 2003 American family adventure film based on the children's book of the same name by Wilson Rawls. Directed by Lyman Dayton and Sam Pillsbury, it follows the story of Billy Colman who buys and trains two Redbone Coonhound hunting dogs to hunt raccoons in the Ozark mountains. The film stars Joseph Ashton, Dave Matthews, Ned Beatty and Dabney Coleman. An older Billy Coleman rescues a beagle from attack by another neighborhood dog. He takes it home with him so that its wounds can heal. In light