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4 unusual facts about The Hunt for Red October


Choplifter

Choplifter is played by U.S. submarine crew members in Tom Clancy's book The Hunt for Red October, and the Sonar man aboard the USS Dallas, Jones, has the high score.

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic

Tom Clancy partially set his novel The Hunt for Red October in the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, and gave the book's protagonist and his family a history of mistreatment at the hands of Great Russians.

Strait of Juan de Fuca

Some scenes from the movie The Hunt for Red October were filmed in the Strait of Juan de Fuca in 1989.

TSR, Inc.

That same year, TSR released a wargame based on Tom Clancy's novel The Hunt for Red October, which became one of the biggest selling wargames of all time.


Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov

The Hunt for Red October (1990), in which Alexandrov's national anthem is sung by Sean Connery's submarine crew, led by Danish actor Sven-Ole Thorsen.

Christian Stangl

During his climbs, he motivates himself by uttering Russian phrases, reminding himself of the film The Hunt for Red October with Sean Connery.

Jean Sabbagh

In 1986 Jean Sabbagh, with his knowledge of submarines and the war, collaborated in the translation into French of two books by Tom Clancy: The Hunt for Red October as Octobre rouge, and Red Storm Rising as Tempête rouge.

Lope Yap

His credits as assistant director and visual effects producer include many TV and Hollywood productions such as Titanic, The Hunt for Red October, Party of Five, Beverly Hills, 90210, Just Like Heaven and many more.

Stride of Pride

When Zarina bumps into Jack while walking with her "sex idiot," Ryan Lochte, she introduces them by their first names, saying "Jack, Ryan; Ryan, Jack." Jack Ryan is the name of Alec Baldwin's character in The Hunt for Red October, one of his first starring roles.

Thomas B. Fargo

Scott Glenn's performance as Captain Mancuso in the 1990 movie, The Hunt for Red October, was a virtual mirror of his impression of Fargo.


see also

Reagan Era

Tom Clancy wrote three best-selling novels that illuminate the Reagan era: The Hunt for Red October (1984), Red Storm Rising (1986), and The Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988).