The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming
1966 · Movie · NR · 126 min · ★ 6.4
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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Details
- Years
- 1966
- Release date
- 1966-05-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 126 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (133 votes)
- Box office
- $21,693,114
- Budget
- $3,900,000
Themes
- island
- based on novel or book
- submarine
- cold war
- new england
- soviet/russian navy
Awards & recognition
- Golden Globe Award — Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1967 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1967 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1967 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1967 · nominated
Cast & crew
Carl Reiner
as Walt Whittaker
Eva Marie Saint
as Elspeth Whittaker
Alan Arkin
as Lt. Rozanov
Brian Keith
as Police Chief Link Mattocks
Paul Ford
as Fendall Hawkins
Theodore Bikel
as The Russian captain
Jonathan Winters
as Norman Jones
- TO
Tessie O'Shea
as Alice Foss
John Phillip Law
as Alexei Kolchin
Ben Blue
as Luther Grilk
Directed by Norman Jewison