Did you know one of the most thrilling moments in The Hunt for Red October wasn’t filmed at sea at all? On this week’s KSPS PBS Saturday Night Cinema, host Ryan Tucker dives into the behind-the-scenes magic of the 1990 Cold War classic. That tense scene where Alec Baldwin’s Jack Ryan is lowered onto the USS Dallas? 🎥 It was actually filmed in the parking lot of the Mole Pier at Long Beach Naval Station on a sunny California day—the power of editing made it look like the middle of the ocean! | K

#OTD in 1990, "The Hunt for Red October" premiered starring Alec Baldwin, former Royal Navy sailor Sean Connery, and U.S. Marine Scott Glenn. The film was based on the novel by Tom Clancy published by the Naval Institute Press. The Naval Institute had never published original fiction but decided to take a chance on the unknown Clancy who was working as an insurance agent at the time. The novel became a national bestseller and the film earned a worldwide gross of over $200 million. | U.S. Naval I