The Hunt for Red October

Friday, November 22 - Saturday, November 23, 2019

*Please note the late-night screenings on Fri Nov 22 & Sat Nov 23 begin at 12:10am, not 11:59pm!*

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Connery). The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst (Baldwin) has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it-because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find him, too. The hunt is on!

Screening as part of our Autumn 2019 series, “Waverly Midnights: Spy Games.”


  • Country USA
  • Year 1990
  • Running Time 135 minutes
  • Distributor Paramount Pictures
  • Director John Mctiernan
  • Writer Tom Clancy (novel), Larry Ferguson (screenplay), Donald Stewart (screenplay), David Shaber (screenplay)
  • Editor Dennis Virkler, John Wright
  • Cinematographer Jan de Bont
  • Cast Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Tim Curry, James Earl Jones, Courtney B. Vance, Stellan Skarsgard, Jeffrey Jones, Sam Neill
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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