The boat arrived at the pier of Ambrose's luxurious island home on the water, while his assistant Hugh Stamp watched from the balcony, immediately suspicious and vigilant, as the two ex-lovers met again and kissed.At the same time that Ryan was being delivered to theUSS Dallas, after dangerously ending up in the water, Captain Mancuso received orders from the National Command Authority to sink the Soviet Typhoon-class submarineRed October, captained by a "potential renegade (who) threatens independent missile launch.Producer David O.Selznick had acquired the film rights to Mitchell's novel in July, 1936 for $50,000 - a record amount at the time to an unknown author for her first novel, causing some to label the film "Selznick's Folly." After some weeks in the West Indies, when Elsa begins flirting with Michael - he is "gettin' into more trouble.