Capt. Bart Mancuso Quotes in The Hunt for Red October (1990)

Capt. Bart Mancuso: [Ramius comments in Russian to Borodin that Mancuso is a "buckaroo". Ryan laughs] What's so funny?

Jack Ryan: Ah, the Captain seems to think you're some kind of... cowboy.

Captain Ramius: [spoken "You parle ruski"] You speak Russian.

Jack Ryan: [in Russian] A little. It is wise to study the ways of ones adversary. Don't you think?

Captain Ramius: [in English] It is.

Capt. Bart Mancuso: The hard part about playing chicken is knowin' when to flinch.

Capt. Bart Mancuso: All back full.

Lt. Cmdr. Thompson: Captain...

Capt. Bart Mancuso: I said, all back full!

Lt. Cmdr. Thompson: Back full, aye.

[the Dallas reverses, churning the water]

Seaman Jones: Captain, we're cavitating, he can hear us!

Capt. Bart Mancuso: Conn, aye. All right, Ryan, we just unzipped our fly. Mr. Thompson! Open the outer doors, firing point procedures. Now if that bastard so much as twitches, I'm going to blow him straight to Mars.

Capt. Bart Mancuso: [after hearing Jones's findings] Have I got this straight, Jonesy? A $40 million computer tells you you're chasing an earthquake, but you don't believe, and you come up with this on your own?

Seaman Jones: Yes, sir.

Capt. Bart Mancuso: Including all the navigation maps?

Seaman Jones: Sir, I-I've got all the...

Capt. Bart Mancuso: Relax, Jonesy. You sold me.

Seaman Jones: Conn, sonar! Crazy Ivan!

Capt. Bart Mancuso: All stop! Quick quiet!

[the ships engines are shut down completely]

Beaumont: What's goin' on?

Seaman Jones: Russian captains sometime turn suddenly to see if anyone's behind them. We call it "Crazy Ivan." The only thing you can do is go dead. Shut everything down and make like a hole in the water.

Beaumont: So what's the catch?

Seaman Jones: The catch is, a boat this big doesn't exactly stop on a dime... and if we're too close, we'll drift right into the back of him.

Capt. Bart Mancuso: Central Intelligence Agency... Now, there's a contradiction in terms.

[about Ramius]

Jack Ryan: Has he made any Crazy Ivans?

Capt. Bart Mancuso: What difference does that make?

Jack Ryan: Because his next one is going to be to starboard.

Capt. Bart Mancuso: Why? Because his last was to port?

Jack Ryan: No. Because he always goes to starboard in the bottom half of the hour.

[Mancuso looks at a clock, and sees it's near the half-hour mark]

Jack Ryan: [after a torpedo broke up harmlessly on the Red October's hull] What just happened?

Capt. Bart Mancuso: Combat tactics, Mr. Ryan. Ramius closed the gap before the torpedo could arm itself.

Jack Ryan: So that's it?

Captain Ramius: Not quite. Right now, Tupolev is disarming all safety measures so that the next torpedo will arm immediately. He won't make the same mistake twice.

Capt. Bart Mancuso: How did you know that his next turn would be to starboard?

Jack Ryan: I didn't. I had a 50/50 chance. I needed a break. Sorry.

Capt. Bart Mancuso: That's all right, Mr Ryan. My Morse is so rusty, I could be sending him dimensions on Playmate of the Month.

Bill Steiner: Hey I think someone just shot a torpedo at us!

Capt. Bart Mancuso: No shit, Buckwheat, now get the hell out of here!

Capt. Bart Mancuso: Hang on, Jonesy. If I can get you close enough... can you track this sucker?

Seaman Jones: Yes, sir. Now that I know what to listen for, I'll bag 'im.

Capt. Bart Mancuso: [smiling] Carry on.

Capt. Bart Mancuso: You, you speak English?

Red October Officer: Yes, sir.

Capt. Bart Mancuso: Get your butt over here!

Capt. Bart Mancuso: Mr. Ryan...

Jack Ryan: He's defecting.

Capt. Bart Mancuso: And he can't change his mind?

Jack Ryan: He's not going to change his mind.

Capt. Bart Mancuso: Are you willing to bet your life on that?

Captain Ramius: Steer right until this reads three one five.

Capt. Bart Mancuso: [to Ryan] No, that's wrong! Don't turn that goddamn wheel!

Captain Ramius: [Ryan looks back over at him] Three one five.

Capt. Bart Mancuso: You're turning into the torpedo's path.

Captain Ramius: Yes.

Capt. Bart Mancuso: [handing Ramius a gun] You may need this, sir.

Capt. Bart Mancuso: My orders are specific, Mr. Ryan.