The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! 1966
Directed by Norman Jewison
- Comedy, War
- 126 min
- NR
IT'S A PLOT! ...to make the world die laughing!!
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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Cast
- Carl ReinerWalt Whittaker
- Eva Marie SaintElspeth Whittaker
- Alan ArkinLt. Rozanov
- Brian KeithPolice Chief Link Mattocks
- Paul FordFendall Hawkins
- Theodore BikelThe Russian captain
- Jonathan WintersNorman Jones
- Tessie O'SheaAlice Foss
- John Phillip LawAlexei Kolchin
- Ben BlueLuther Grilk
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- Norman JewisonDirector
- William RoseScreenplay
- Nathaniel BenchleyNovel
- Joseph F. BirocDirector of Photography
- Johnny MandelOriginal Music Composer
- Hal AshbyEditor
- J. Terry WilliamsEditor
- Norman JewisonProducer
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