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There is a breed of film in which terribly important things fail to happen, preferably by less than an inch. In "The Day of the Jackal," General de Gaulle doesn't get shot; in "Thirteen Days," the world doesn't end; and in "Pillow Talk," Doris Day and Rock Hudson don't go to bed. Or, at least, not in the same bed. Now we have "K-19: The Widowmaker," in which a submarine doesn't explode. This film is not to be confused with "K-9," the moving tale of a police dog, although it is to be confused with almost every other submarine movie. We get the same impression of jammed corridors, of large egos clanging together like saucepans in a tight space, and of cooks spilling their ...