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The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming is a 1966 American Cold War comedy film directed and produced by Norman Jewison for United Artists. The satirical story depicts the chaos following the grounding of the Soviet submarine Спрут (pronounced "sproot" and meaning "octopus") off a small New England island.
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming: Directed by Norman Jewison. With Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, Brian Keith. Without hostile intent, a Soviet submarine runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed.
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- Comedy, War
- Norman Jewison
- 1966-05-25
In Theaters At Home TV Shows. When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander (Theodore Bikel) orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov...
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- Carl Reiner
- Norman Jewison
- The Mirisch Corporation [Us]
United Artists and director Norman Jewison had a major hit in 1966 with The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, a send-up of American-Soviet relations. A Russian sub commander, wishing to get a better glimpse of the U.S., runs his vessel aground near a sleepy New England vacation island.
- Norman Jewison, Les Gorall, Kurt Neumann
- Carl Reiner
Norman Jewison. Director. Nathaniel Benchley. Novel. William Rose. Screenplay. 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.
Synopsis. The Soviet naval submarine Sprut (which means "octopus" or "kraken" in Russian) draws too close to the New England coast when its captain wants to take a good look at America and runs aground on a sandbar near an island off Cape Cod.
Alan Arkin may have won his Oscar decades later, but he was never better than in this epic comedy, slow-burning in Russian and English with the funniest people in Hollywood surrounding him. Full...
