The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 English-language Action Adventure motion picture written by Tom Clancy, Larry Ferguson and Donald Stewart. The movie is directed by John Mctiernan and produced by Mace Neufeld under the banner of Mace Neufeld Productions. 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 ballistic missile submarine, a fictional improvement on the Soviet Typhoon-class submarine. The hunt for red october stars Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Sam Neill, Joss Ackland and Paul Yalnezian. The screenplay is written by Larry Ferguson and Donald E. Stewart which is inspired from The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy. The music was composed by Basil Poledouris. Cinematography was done by Jan de Bont and editing by Dennis Virkler and John Wright. The movie has a running time of 135 minutes. It was released on 2nd March 1990. The Film was successful at box office. The Hunt for Red October was made on a budget of $30 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $200 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Paramount Pictures. At the 1991 Oscar Awards It won an award for Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing. 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 ballistic missile submarine, a fictional improvement on the Soviet Typhoon-class submarine.