Character mistake: Characters refer to the Dallas and the Red October as "ships," but anyone stationed aboard a submarine would know to call it a "boat."
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: John McTiernan
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Sean Connery, Sam Neill, Tim Curry, James Earl Jones, Scott Glenn, Jeffrey Jones, Courtney B. Vance, Richard Jordan, Joss Ackland, Peter Firth
The cook's assistant is a KGB informer. He kills Borodin. Jack Ryan kills the informer. The Red October safely gets to America. Ramius reveals he defected to stop the Soviets using Red October to potentially start a nuclear war.
Nikki Williams
Jeffrey Pelt: Mr. Ryan, I'm a politician. Which means I'm a cheat and a liar and when I'm not kissing babies I'm stealing their lollipops.
Trivia: The bear that Jack Ryan brings home to his daughter is the exact same bear Bruce Willis brings to his son in Die Hard (both films were directed by John McTiernan). (02:06:00)
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Chosen answer: They use it to wipe the grease pencil markings off the screens.
We called it "the Duty Roll."