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The Hunt for Red October (1990) is available on Hoopla with a participating library card. Also available to rent on Apple TV+.
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You can watch The Hunt for Red October (1990) on Hoopla with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan 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 Ramius, too. The hunt is on!
Tension thickens in the silent, claustrophobic depths of the ocean as a rogue Soviet submarine plays a deadly game of cat and mouse. One analyst must race against a ticking clock to prove a misunderstood commander isn't launching a nuclear strike.
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John McTiernan
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The Hunt for Red October
You can watch The Hunt for Red October (1990) on Hoopla with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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John McTiernan
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