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.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.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.
- Nominated for 4 Oscars
- 5 wins & 13 nominations total
Sheldon Collins
- Pete Whittaker
- (as Sheldon Golomb)
Richard Schaal
- Oscar Maxwell
- (as Dick Schaal)
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- TriviaTheodore Bikel speaks only Russian in the film. Norman Jewison has acknowledged that Bikel's knowledge of the language was a principal reason in casting him.
- GoofsWhen Police Chief Mattocks "breaks" Fendall Hawkins' sword over his knee, it doesn't break on the first try (hit between his hands), but half the sword can be seen flopping around outside Mattocks' right hand. It is possible either that the sword was already pre-broken/weakened in that spot, and Brian Keith "missed the mark", or that he broke it once in a previous take, but had to do a retake, and needed to "hide" the first break.
- Quotes
Russian sailors: Emehrgancy! Everybody to get from street!
- Crazy creditsIn the title, the letters R and N in RUSSIANS are reversed to resemble Russian letters (which would literally translate to Ya and I), and the G in COMING is a hammer and sickle.
- Alternate versionsThe restored special widescreen letterbox version, aired on network TV, has subtitles in the lower bar for the "Russian" dialogue between the Russians in which the formated video version does not have them.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Directors: The Films of Norman Jewison (1999)
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ARKIN'S DEBUT AND 1ST Oscar NOM.!
This amusing Cold War comedy resembles IT'S A MAD, MAD WORLD but not quite as frantic. Nominated for Best Picture, it includes a wonderful performance by Alan Arkin that is well-deserved. He's the sanest one in the film. Carl Reiner is the typical American Dad: harried and always in charge..he thinks.
Jonathan Winters is exceptional as always and there's a host of splendid characters actors in mayhem most of the time.
A 6 out of 10. Best performance = Mr. Arkin. Early performance by John Phillip Law from BARBARELLA (whatever happened to this guy?) and Brian Keith (great actor) has great comic timing. One of the last "innocent" comedies before film styles changed the following year. Worth a look!
Jonathan Winters is exceptional as always and there's a host of splendid characters actors in mayhem most of the time.
A 6 out of 10. Best performance = Mr. Arkin. Early performance by John Phillip Law from BARBARELLA (whatever happened to this guy?) and Brian Keith (great actor) has great comic timing. One of the last "innocent" comedies before film styles changed the following year. Worth a look!
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- The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
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- $3,900,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 6 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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