The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966)
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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.
- Released: 1966-05-25
- Genres: Comedy, War
- Runtime: 2h 6m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10 from 139 votes
Directed by Norman Jewison.
Top cast
- Carl Reiner as Walt Whittaker
- Eva Marie Saint as Elspeth Whittaker
- Alan Arkin as Lt. Rozanov
- Brian Keith as Police Chief Link Mattocks
- Paul Ford as Fendall Hawkins
- Theodore Bikel as The Russian captain
- Jonathan Winters as Norman Jones
- Tessie O'Shea as Alice Foss
- John Phillip Law as Alexei Kolchin
- Ben Blue as Luther Grilk
Where to watch The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
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- Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Hoopla, Tubi TV; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Australia: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
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