The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming!

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The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming!
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NR,2hrs 6min
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January 1, 1966
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MGM
Synopsis: Just because The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming was vastly overrated by contemporary critics does not make it any less amusing. The story gets under way when a Soviet submarine accidently gets lodged in a sandbar on the coast of a New England town. In his feature film debut, Alan Arkin plays the sub's second-in-command, who is ordered by commander Theodore Bikel to free up the sub and skeedaddle before an international incident erupts. Hoping to secure a power boat to tug the sub out ... Full Synopsis
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Hailed as a masterpiece upon its release, The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming! has lost a lot of its punch over the decades, but is still a funny and entertaining film. Part of it is inevitable; Russians was very much a product of its time, and with the end of the Cold War, much of its humor has become dated. But the movie also suffers a bit from the same comedic elephantiasis that affected ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Walt Whittaker
Elspeth Whittaker
Lt. Rozanov
Link Mattocks
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