The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming!

The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming!

 Cast: Jewison
Jewison
, Johnny Mandel
Johnny Mandel
, Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner
, Alan Arkin
Alan Arkin
, Eva Marie Saint
Eva Marie Saint
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming!

The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming!

 Cast: Jewison
Jewison
, Johnny Mandel
Johnny Mandel
, Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner
, Alan Arkin
Alan Arkin
, Eva Marie Saint
Eva Marie Saint

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Overview

Just because The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming was vastly overrated by contemporary critics does not make it any less amusing. The story gets under way when a Soviet submarine accidently gets lodged in a sandbar on the coast of a New England town. In his feature film debut, Alan Arkin plays the sub's second-in-command, who is ordered by commander Theodore Bikel to free up the sub and skeedaddle before an international incident erupts. Hoping to secure a power boat to tug the sub out to sea, Arkin and his men call upon vacationing TV writer Carl Reiner, passing themselves off as Norwegians. When this ruse fails, Arkin is reluctantly compelled to force Reiner at gunpoint to fetch his motorboat, while gentle-natured Russian sailor John Philip Law is left behind to guard Reiner's wife Eva Marie Saint and pretty neighbor girl Andrea Dromm (yes, love blooms). The plot thickens when the locals, notably bullnecked sheriff Brian Keith and superpatriot Paul Ford, spread the word that the Russians have "invaded" their little community. Several slapstick complications later, the Russians and the locals face each other down in the center of the village, weapons at the ready. Fortunately, World War 3 is averted when the Russians and the villagers band together to rescue young Johnny Whittaker from falling to his doom. Enormously popular upon its first release, The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming still works on a slick sitcom level. The film was based on a novel by Nathaniel Benchley, the son of humorist Robert Benchley and the father of Jaws author Peter Benchley.

Product Details

Release Date: 02/10/2015
UPC: 0738329149925
Original Release: 1966
Rating: NR
Source: Kl Studio Classics
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital]
Language: English
Time: 2:06:00

Special Features

Making-of featurette: hosted by producer/director Norman Jewison; Original theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Carl Reiner Actor
Alan Arkin Actor
Eva Marie Saint Actor
Jonathan Winters Actor
Brian Keith Link Mattocks
Theodore Bikel Russian Captain
Paul Ford Fendall Hawkins
Tessie O'Shea Alice Foss
John Phillip Law Alexei Kolchin
Andrea Dromm Alison Palmer
Ben Blue Luther Grilk
Sheldon Golomb Pete Whittaker
Cindy Putnam Annie Whittaker
Guy Raymond Lester Tilly
Cliff Norton Charlie Hinkson
Richard Schaal Oscar Maxwell
Philip Coolidge Isaac Porter
Don Keefer Irving Christiansen
Parker Fennelly Mr. Everett
Doro Merande Muriel Everett
Vaughn Taylor Mr. Bell
Johnny Whitaker Jerry Maxwell
Danny Klega Polsky
Ray Baxter Brodsky
Paul Verdier Maliavin
Nikita Knatz Gromolsky
Constantine Baksheef Vasilov
Alex Hassilev Hrushevsky
Milos Milos Lysenko
Gino Gottarelli Kregitkin
Michael J. Pollard Stanley
Peter Brocco Rev. Hawthorne
Sheldon Collins Pete Whittaker

Technical Credits
Norman Jewison Director,Producer
William Rose Screenwriter
Daniel W. Hays Special Effects
Nathaniel Benchley Screenwriter
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