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Directed by | John McTiernan |
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Based on | The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy |
Produced by | Mace Neufeld |
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Cinematography | Jan de Bont |
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Music by | Basil Poledouris |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 135 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
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Budget | $30 million[2] |
Box office | $200.5 million |
The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 American submarine spy-thriller movie.
It was directed by John McTiernan, produced by Mace Neufeld, and starred 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. It is the first part of the movie series with the protagonist Jack Ryan.