The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Directed by Norman Jewison
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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
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
John Phillip LawAlexei Kolchin
Ben BlueLuther Grilk
Guy RaymondLester Tilly
Andrea DrommAlison PalmerExplore the crew
- Director
- Norman Jewison
- Editor
- J. Terry Williams
- Producer
- Norman Jewison
- Screenplay
- William Rose
- Editor
- Hal Ashby
- Director of Photography
- Joseph F. Biroc
- Original Music Composer
- Johnny Mandel