The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 espionage thriller film produced by Mace Neufeld, directed by John McTiernan, and starring 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. The Hunt for Red October received mostly positive reviews from critics and was one of the top-grossing films of the year, generating $122 million in North America and more than $200 million worldwide in box office business.
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