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 Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
“IT'S A PLOT! ...to make the world die laughing!!”
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.
Director
Norman Jewison
Budget
3.9M
Status
Released
Production
The Mirisch Company
Cast
Carl Reiner
Walt Whittaker
Eva Marie Saint
Elspeth Whittaker
Alan Arkin
Lt. Rozanov
Brian Keith
Police Chief Link Mattocks
Paul Ford
Fendall Hawkins
Theodore Bikel
The Russian captain
Jonathan Winters
Norman Jones
Tessie O'Shea
Alice Foss
John Phillip Law
Alexei Kolchin
Ben Blue
Luther Grilk
Guy Raymond
Lester Tilly
Andrea Dromm
Alison Palmer
Sheldon Collins
Pete Whittaker
Cliff Norton
Charlie Hinkson
Richard Schaal
Oscar Maxwell
Philip Coolidge
Mr. Porter
Don Keefer
Irving Christiansen
Cindy Putnam
Annie Whittaker
Parker Fennelly
Mr. Everett
Doro Merande
Muriel Everett
Vaughn Taylor
Mr. Bell
Johnny Whitaker
Jerry Maxwell
Danny Klega
Polsky
Paul Verdier
Maliavin
Nikita Knatz
Gromolsky
Constantine Baksheef
Vasilov
Alex Hassilev
Hrushevsky
Milos Milos
Lysenko
Gino Gottarelli
Kregitkin
Paul Barselou
Townsman (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Reverend Hawthorne (uncredited)
Sidney Clute
Townsman (uncredited)
Laurence Haddon
Bartender (uncredited)
Larry D. Mann
Man with a Cat (uncredited)
James McCallion
Townsperson (uncredited)
Michael J. Pollard
Stanley (uncredited)
Ray Baxter
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