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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

IT'S A PLOT! ...to make the world die laughing!!

19666.42h 6m

Overview

When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident. Rozanov seeks assistance from the island locals, including the police chief and a vacationing television writer, while trying to allay their fears of a Communist invasion by claiming he and his crew are Norwegian sailors.

Directed by Norman Jewison
Written by Nathaniel Benchley, William Rose
Produced by Norman Jewison
Box OfficeBudget: $3.9M0

Top Cast

Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner

Walt Whittaker

Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint

Elspeth Whittaker

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin

Lt. Rozanov

Brian Keith

Brian Keith

Police Chief Link Mattocks

Paul Ford

Paul Ford

Fendall Hawkins

Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel

The Russian captain

Jonathan Winters

Jonathan Winters

Norman Jones

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Tessie O'Shea

Alice Foss

John Phillip Law

John Phillip Law

Alexei Kolchin

Ben Blue

Ben Blue

Luther Grilk

Themes & Keywords

islandbased on novel or booksubmarinecold warnew englandsoviet/russian navy

About The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! is a comedy, war film released in 1966 exploring themes of island, based on novel or book, submarine, cold war, new england, soviet/russian navy. Directed by Norman Jewison, it stars Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin. When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident. Rozanov seeks assistance from the island locals, including the police chief and a vacationing television writer, while trying to allay their fears of a Communist invasion by claiming he and his crew are Norwegian sailors.

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