The Hunt for Red October (film) The Hunt for Red October (film) The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 American espionage submarine film produced by Mace Neufeld, directed by John McTiernan, that stars Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, and Sam Neill. The film is based on Tom Clancy's 1984 bestselling novel of the same name. The story is set during the late Cold War era and involves a rogue Soviet naval captain who wishes to defect to the United States with his officers and the Soviet Navy's newest and most advanced nuclear missile submarine. An American CIA analyst correctly deduces his
The Hunt for Red October (film) unreleased end titles. "The Hunt for Red October" opened in 1,225 theaters on March 2, 1990, grossing $17 million on its opening weekend, more than half its budget. The film opened at number one at the U.S. box office and remained there for three weeks. Its opening was the 20th biggest weekend of all time and the biggest non-summer, non-Thanksgiving weekend to date. The film went on to gross $122,012,643 in North America with a worldwide total of $200,512,643. , the film held an 88% rating at the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 69 critics. At Metacritic, which