The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

About The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

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 claimin…

Norman Jewison's The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! is a 1966 comedy war film. It runs 126 minutes and was released in May 1966.

Its themes are cold war, submarine, new england, and soviet/russian navy. The story is adapted from a novel.

Carl Reiner appears as Walt Whittaker, Eva Marie Saint as Elspeth Whittaker, Alan Arkin as Lt. Rozanov, and Brian Keith as Police Chief Link Mattocks. The screenplay is by William Rose. Produced by The Mirisch Company. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV.

The Hunt for Red October, The Land That Time Forgot, and Shutter Island make useful companions to The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!. TMDB voters put it at 6.5 out of 10 across 141 votes and it carries a NR rating.