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 a Soviet submarine accidentally runs aground near a small New England town.

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)

See also

• The Russians are coming