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Apr 2023
53m 57s

The Hunt For Red October (1990) and Godz...

Simon Brew
About this episode
In this episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two films that were released in unusual times for the pair of them! 1990's The Hunt For Red October is a cold war thriller, that landed as the Cold War was thawing. It had a different problem too: a week or two into filming, its leading man needed very quick replacing - and a fax went over to Sean Connery... T ... Show More
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