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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

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

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.

Top Cast

  • Carl Reiner

    Carl Reiner

    Walt Whittaker

  • Eva Marie Saint

    Eva Marie Saint

    Elspeth Whittaker

  • Alan Arkin

    Alan Arkin

    Lt. Rozanov

  • Brian Keith

    Brian Keith

    Police Chief Link Mattocks

  • Paul Ford

    Paul Ford

    Fendall Hawkins

  • Theodore Bikel

    Theodore Bikel

    The Russian captain

  • Jonathan Winters

    Jonathan Winters

    Norman Jones

  • Tessie O'Shea

    Tessie O'Shea

    Alice Foss

  • John Phillip Law

    John Phillip Law

    Alexei Kolchin

Overview

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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6.4 / 10
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