Red October (fictional submarine) Red October (fictional submarine) Red October (, , "Krasniy Oktyabr") is a modified "Typhoon" class submarine in Tom Clancy's novel "The Hunt for Red October" and the film of the same name. It was built with a revolutionary stealth propulsion system called a "caterpillar drive", which is described as a pump-jet system in the book. In the film however, it is shown as being a magnetohydrodynamic drive. The drama of the story partially centers around the dual capabilities of this submarine. As a submarine of the Typhoon class, it carries many ballistic missiles armed with nuclear warheads. With a stealthy
The Red and the Black (film) The Red and the Black (film) The Red and the Black () is a 1954 French drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost, based on the novel "The Red and the Black" by Stendhal. The film starred Gérard Philipe, Antonella Lualdi and Danielle Darrieux, and won the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics award for the best film of 1955 and the Grand Prix de l'Académie du Cinéma the same year. Shown in various versions, the film's length is generally given as 113 minutes. In Canada it was 171 minutes; a longer