The read
Scores higher than 74% of the 466 1960s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Metacritic69/100
139 audience votes
Key crew
- Norman JewisonDirector
- William RoseScreenplay
- Johnny MandelOriginal Music Composer
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
- Guy RaymondLester Tilly
- Andrea DrommAlison Palmer
Stills
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Themes
islandbased on novel or booksubmarinecold warnew englandsoviet/russian navy
The Best Movies of 1966
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! is #42 of 60
