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During the Second World War, British submarines operating in the Mediterranean played a critical role from 1941 in the defeat of German and Italian land forces in North Africa, thus enabling the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943. Today most of those involved and their vessels have disappeared into files in the National Archives at Kew, thumbed over by researchers, yet neglected by the wider world.
One such individual is Lt Cdr Michael Willmott DSO, commanding officer of the submarine HMS , manned by a crew of 63, lost without trace at sea on 18th/19th September 1942, having, in all probability, hit an enemy mine. This is Willmott's story.
Before Harrison Ford assumed the mantle of playing Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan hero in Patriot Games, Alec Baldwin took a swing at the character in this John McTiernan film and hit one to the fence. If less instantly sympathetic than Ford, Baldwin is in some respects more interesting and nuanced as Ryan, and drawing comparisons between both actors' performances can make for some interesting post-movie discussion.
That aside, The Hunt for Red October stands alone as a uniquely exciting adventure with a fantastic co-star: Sean Connery as a Russian nuclear submarine captain attempting to defect to the West on his ship. Ryan must figure out his true motives for approaching the US.
McTiernan (Predator, Die Hard) made an exceptionally handsome movie here with action sequences that really do take one's breath away.
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During the Second World War, British submarines operating in the Mediterranean played a critical role from 1941 in the defeat of German and Italian land forces in North Africa, thus enabling the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943. Today most of those involved and their vessels have disappeared into files in the National Archives at Kew, thumbed over by researchers, yet neglected by the wider world.
One such individual is Lt Cdr Michael Willmott DSO, commanding officer of the submarine HMS , manned by a crew of 63, lost without trace at sea on 18th/19th September 1942, having, in all probability, hit an enemy mine. This is Willmott's story.
Before Harrison Ford assumed the mantle of playing Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan hero in Patriot Games, Alec Baldwin took a swing at the character in this John McTiernan film and hit one to the fence. If less instantly sympathetic than Ford, Baldwin is in some respects more interesting and nuanced as Ryan, and drawing comparisons between both actors' performances can make for some interesting post-movie discussion.
That aside, The Hunt for Red October stands alone as a uniquely exciting adventure with a fantastic co-star: Sean Connery as a Russian nuclear submarine captain attempting to defect to the West on his ship. Ryan must figure out his true motives for approaching the US.
McTiernan (Predator, Die Hard) made an exceptionally handsome movie here with action sequences that really do take one's breath away.
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