Actors - The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming

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The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming is a 1966 American comedy film. Based on the Nathaniel Benchley juvenile novel, The Off-Islanders, it was adapted for the screen by William Rose. It tells the Cold War story of the comedic chaos which occurs when the Soviet submarine Спрут (Sprut, Octopus) accidentally runs aground near a small New England town.

Audio clip from the movie: "Emergency, everybody to get from street."

Primary cast

Alan Arkin
: Lt. Rozanov
Carl Reiner : Walt Whittaker
Eva Marie Saint
: Elspeth Whittaker
Brian Keith
: Police Chief Link Mattocks
Jonathan Winters
: Officer Norman Jones
Paul Ford : Fendall Hawkins
Theodore Bikel
: The Russian captain
Tessie O'Shea : Alice Foss (telephone operator)
John Phillip Law
: Alexei Kolchin
Ben Blue
: Luther Grilk

Awards (wins):

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Alan Arkin
)
Writers Guild of America - Best Written American Comedy (William Rose)

Awards (nominations):

Academy Award for Best Picture
Directors Guild of America - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Norman Jewison
)
Academy Award for Best Actor
(Alan Arkin
)
Academy Award for Film Editing (Hal Ashby & J. Terry Williams)
Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay (William Rose)
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay (William Rose)

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