1984 a Russian submarine, Red October, state of art one with a unique propagation system thar make it hard to detect by sonar, hits the water. Captain Ramius and his crew officer were on test mission, but the captain and his close aisdes had other intention. Defection from Russian Navy, hand over the masterpiece to USA and get political asylum.
The cat and mouse game started between Russian and Americans and also with in crew. With both American and Russian on the hunt for Red October, however one Men was clever enough to figure out the true intentions of captain Ramius.