The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming

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

May 25 1966 Approved 2h 6m
Comedy, War

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.

Plot

In the Cold War, when the captain of a Russian submarine comes too close to the Gloucester Island in Massachusetts to give a look at America, the submarine gets stranded. A nine-man team commanded by Lieutenant Rozanov goes onshore to search a motor boat to release the submarine and arrives at the summer house of the New Yorker writer Walt Whittaker that is spending the weekend with his family in Gloucester. When he realizes that they are Russians, he believes that it is an invasion. Soon the information leaks, leading hysteria and paranoia along the inhabitants of the small village.

Written by

William Rose, Nathaniel Benchley

Directed by

Norman Jewison

Cast

Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

The Mirisch Company

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 4 Oscars. 5 wins & 13 nominations total

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