The Hunt for Red October (film) Quotes

The Hunt for Red October (film) is a TV show that appeared on TV in 1970 . The Hunt for Red October ended in 1970.

It features Mace Neufeld as producer, Basil Poledouris in charge of musical score, and Jan de Bont as head of cinematography.

The Hunt for Red October (film) is recorded in English, and Russian and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Hunt for Red October (film) is 135 minutes long. The Hunt for Red October (film) is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Richard Jordan as Jeffrey Pelt, Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan, James Earl Jones as Admiral James Greer, Jeffrey Jones as Skip Tyler, Joss Ackland as Ambassador Andrei Lysenko, Richard Jordan as Dr. Jeffrey Pelt, and Michael Welden as Kamarov.

The Hunt for Red October (film) Quotes

Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan

• (Alec Baldwin) "Where are we going, anyway?"
• (James Earl Jones) "Briefing for Jeffrey Pelt, the President's National Security Advisor. Most of the Joint Chiefs will be there, along with a few other people."
• (Alec Baldwin) "Who's giving the briefing?"
• (James Earl Jones) "You are."

• (Captain Davenport) "What's he going to do, sail into New York, pop the hatch, and say "Here I am"?"
• (Alec Baldwin) "It might be just that simple, yes."

• (Navigator C-2A) "What's the matter Commander? You don't like flying, huh? Aw, this is nothing. You should've been with us five, six months ago. Whoa. You talk about puke. We ran into a hailstorm over the Sea of Japan. Everybody's retching their guts out. The pilot shot his lunch all over the windshield, and I barfed on the radio. Shorted it out completely. And it wasn't that lightweight stuff either, it was that chunky industrial weight puke."
• (Navigator C-2A) "Hey, you want a bite?"
• (Alec Baldwin) "Jack, next time you get a bright idea just put it in a memo."

• (Adm. Painter) "What's his plan?"
• (Alec Baldwin) "His plan?"
• (Adm. Painter) "Russians don't take a dump, son, without a plan."

• (Captain Ramius) "There's one thing you haven't yet asked me: why?"
• (Alec Baldwin) "Well, I thought you would tell me when you felt ready."
• (Captain Ramius) "Well, there are those who believe that we should attack the United States first. Settle everything in one moment. Red October was built for that purpose."

• (Alec Baldwin) "Well, Sir, I was just thinking that perhaps there's another possibility we might consider. Ramius might be trying to defect."

• (Capt. Bart Mancuso) "What's so funny?"
• (Alec Baldwin) "Ah, the Captain seems to think you're some kind of -- cowboy."
• (Captain Ramius) "You speak Russian."
• (Alec Baldwin) "A little. It is wise to study the ways of ones adversary. Don't you think?"
• (Captain Ramius) "It is."

• (Capt. Vasili Borodin) "Torpedo impact, 20 seconds."
• (Captain Ramius) "What books?"
• (Alec Baldwin) "Pardon me?"
• (Captain Ramius) "What books did you write?"
• (Alec Baldwin) "I wrote a biography of, of Admiral Halsey, called "The Fighting Sailor", about, uh, naval combat tactics --"
• (Captain Ramius) "I know this book."
• (Capt. Vasili Borodin) "Torpedo impact --"
• (Captain Ramius) "Your conclusions were all wrong, Ryan --"
• (Capt. Vasili Borodin) "-- 10 seconds."
• (Captain Ramius) "-- Halsey acted stupidly."
• (Capt. Vasili Borodin) "9, 8, 7, 6 --"
• (Capt. Vasili Borodin) "5, 4, 3, 2 --"
• (Capt. Vasili Borodin) "Torpedo impact -- now."
• (Capt. Bart Mancuso) "I'll be damned."
• (Alec Baldwin) "What happened?"
• (Capt. Bart Mancuso) "Combat tactics, Mr. Ryan. By turning into the torpedo, the Captain closed the distance before it could arm itself."

• (Alec Baldwin) "Give the man a chance."

• (Alec Baldwin) "Next time, Jack, write a god**** memo."

• (Alec Baldwin) "A god**** cook."
• (Alec Baldwin) "Ostav' eto v pokoye. (Leave it alone.)"

• (Alec Baldwin) "Well -- Ramius trained most of their Officer Corps, which would put him in a position to select men willing to help him. And he's not Russian. He's Lithuanian by birth, raised by his paternal grandfather, a fisherman. He has no children, no ties to leave behind. And today is the first anniversary of his wife's death."
• (Unnamed) "Oh, come on. You're just an analyst, what can you possibly know what goes on in his mind?"
• (Alec Baldwin) "I know Ramius, General. He's nearly a legend in the submarine community."

• (Captain Ramius) "Ryan, sit here."
• (Alec Baldwin) "I'm not a Naval officer. I'm with the CIA."
• (Captain Ramius) "CIA?"
• (Alec Baldwin) "I'm not an agent, I just write books for the CIA."
• (Captain Ramius) "Whatever. Sit here and do exactly what I tell you."

• (Helicopter Pilot) "Fuel status says we turn back now."
• (Alec Baldwin) "Wait a minute. Fuel status? You have a reserve, don't you?"
• (Helicopter Pilot) "Yes, sir. I've got a ten minute reserve -- but I'm not allowed to invade that except in time of war."
• (Alec Baldwin) "Listen, mister, if you don't get me on board that god**** submarine, that just might be what you'll have. You got me? Now you have ten more minutes' worth of fuel, we stay here ten more minutes."

• (Alec Baldwin) "I'm not an agent, I just write books for the CIA."

• (Captain Davenport) "They're pinging away with their active sonar like they're looking for something, but nobody's listening."
• (Alec Baldwin) "What do you mean?"
• (Captain Davenport) "Well, they're moving at almost forty knots. At that speed, they could run right over my daughter's stereo and not hear it."

• (Alec Baldwin) ""The average Ruskie, son, don't take a dump without a plan." Wait a minute. We don't have to figure out how to get the crew off the sub. He's already done that, he would have had to. All we gotta do is figure out what he's gonna do. So how's he gonna get the crew off the sub."
• (Alec Baldwin) "They have to want to get off. How do you get a crew to want to get off a submarine? How do you get a crew to want to get off a nuclear sub --"

• (Alec Baldwin) "Has he made any Crazy Ivans?"
• (Capt. Bart Mancuso) "What difference does that make?"
• (Alec Baldwin) "Because his next one is going to be to starboard."
• (Capt. Bart Mancuso) "Why? Because his last was to port?"
• (Alec Baldwin) "No. Because he always goes to starboard in the bottom half of the hour."

• (Capt. Bart Mancuso) "How did you know that his next turn would be to starboard?"
• (Alec Baldwin) "I didn't. I had a 50/50 chance. I needed a break. Sorry."
• (Capt. Bart Mancuso) "That's all right, Mr Ryan. My Morse is so rusty, I could be sending him dimensions on Playmate of the Month."

• (Alec Baldwin) "What just happened?"
• (Capt. Bart Mancuso) "Combat tactics, Mr. Ryan. Ramius closed the gap before the torpedo could arm itself."
• (Alec Baldwin) "So that's it?"
• (Captain Ramius) "Not quite. Right now, Tupolev is disarming all safety measures so that the next torpedo will arm immediately. He won't make the same mistake twice."

• (Alec Baldwin) "Could you launch an ICBM horizontally?"
• (Jeffrey Jones) "Sure. Why would you want to?"

• (Capt. Bart Mancuso) "Mr. Ryan --"
• (Alec Baldwin) "He's defecting."
• (Capt. Bart Mancuso) "And he can't change his mind?"
• (Alec Baldwin) "He's not going to change his mind."
• (Capt. Bart Mancuso) "Are you willing to bet your life on that?"

• (Alec Baldwin) "Is there a way you could get me on board the Dallas?"
• (Admiral Josh Painter) "What the hell for?"
• (Alec Baldwin) "I think that Captain Mancuso has found the Red October."

James Earl Jones as Admiral James Greer

• (James Earl Jones) "Now, understand, Commander, that torpedo did not self-destruct. You heard it hit the hull. And I --"
• (James Earl Jones) "-- was never here."

• (Lieutenant Commander Mike Hewitt) "Red October has just turned into the torpedo's path."
• (James Earl Jones) "Mother of God."

• (James Earl Jones) "You're going to be asked some very direct questions. Give them direct answers. Tell them what you think."

• (James Earl Jones) "I told you to speak your mind Jack, but Jesus"
• (James Earl Jones) "--."

Richard Jordan as Jeffrey Pelt

• (Richard Jordan) "You slammed the door on the General pretty hard, didn't you?"
• (Alec Baldwin) "That was not my intention."
• (Richard Jordan) "Oh, yes, it was. He was patronizing you, and you stomped on him. And in my opinion, he deserved it."

• (Richard Jordan) "Mr. Ambassador, you have nearly a hundred naval vessels operating in the North Atlantic right now. Your aircraft has dropped enough sonar buoys so that a man could walk from Greenland to Iceland to Scotland without getting his feet wet. Now, shall we dispense with the bull?"
• (Ambassador Lysenko) "You make your point as delicately as ever, Mr. Pelt."

• (Richard Jordan) "I can't ask any of these characters to go. One, they don't believe in it. Two, they'd never stake their reputation on a hunch. Whereas you --"
• (Alec Baldwin) "-- are expendable."
• (Richard Jordan) "Something like that."

• (Richard Jordan) "Now you want us to help you hunt him down and kill him?"

• (Richard Jordan) "I'll give you three days to prove your theory correct. After that -- we'll have to hunt down Ramius and destroy him. Will you do it?"

Michael Welden as Kamarov

• (Michael Welden) "Stop pissing, Yuri. Give me a stopwatch and a map, and I'll fly the Alps in a plane with no windows."
• (Yuri (Diving Officer)) "If the map is accurate enough."

Jeffrey Jones as Skip Tyler

• (Jeffrey Jones) "When I was twelve, I helped my daddy build a bomb shelter in our basement because some fool parked a dozen warheads 90 miles off the coast of Florida. Well, this thing could park a coupla hundred warheads off Washington and New York and no one would know anything about it till it was all over."

Joss Ackland as Ambassador Andrei Lysenko

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