The Red and the Black (1954 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = The Red and the Black

| image = 1954 Le Rouge et le noir.jpg

| caption = theatrical poster

| director = Claude Autant-Lara

| producer = Henry Deutschmeister
Gianni Hecht Lucari

| screenplay = Jean Aurenche
Pierre Bost
Claude Autant-Lara

| music = René Cloërec

| cinematography = Michel Kelber

| editing = Madeleine Gug

| distributor = Gaumont Distribution (France)
CEI-Incom (Italy)

| released = {{Film date|1954|10|29|France|1958|04|8|USA|df=y}}

| language = French

| country = France
Italy

|gross= 4,344,414 admissions (France){{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-gerard-philipe-c25784244|website=Box Office Story|title=Box Office Success of Gerard Philippe films}}

| runtime = 113–185 minutes

| studio = Franco London Films
Documento Film

}}

The Red and the Black ({{langx|fr|Le rouge et le noir}}) is a 1954 French-Italian historical 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.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|date=1991 |publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876055487}} 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.

It was shot the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy.

Shown in various versions, the film's length is generally given as 113 minutes. In Canada it was 171 minutes; a longer version in France was 185 minutes（or 194 minutes in 2 parts); and at its New York opening it was 137 minutes.