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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Carl Reiner | ... | Walt Whittaker | |
| Eva Marie Saint | ... | Elspeth Whittaker | |
| Alan Arkin | ... | Lt. Rozanov | |
| Brian Keith | ... | Police Chief Link Mattocks | |
| Jonathan Winters | ... | Norman Jonas | |
| Paul Ford | ... | Fendall Hawkins | |
| Theodore Bikel | ... | The Russian Captain | |
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Tessie O'Shea | ... | Alice Foss |
| John Phillip Law | ... | Alexei Kolchin | |
| Ben Blue | ... | Luther Grilk | |
| Andrea Dromm | ... | Alison Palmer | |
| Sheldon Collins | ... | Pete Whittaker (as Sheldon Golomb) | |
| Guy Raymond | ... | Lester Tilly | |
| Cliff Norton | ... | Charlie Hinkson | |
| Richard Schaal | ... | Oscar Maxwell | |
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In the Cold War, when the captain of a Russian submarine comes too close to the Gloucester Island in Massachusetts to give a look at America, the submarine gets stranded. A nine-man team commanded by Lieutenant Rozanov goes onshore to search a motor boat to release the submarine and arrives at the summer house of the New Yorker writer Walt Whittaker that is spending the weekend with his family in Gloucester. When he realizes that they are Russians, he believes that it is an invasion. Soon the information leaks, leading hysteria and paranoia along the inhabitants of the small village. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Country:
USARelease Date:
25 May 1966 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$3,900,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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[Rozanov arrives on the bridge of the Russian submarine after learing from the chart man how close they are to the USA coast]
Lieutenant Rozanov: [in Russian; subtitled] What is it Captain? What are you doing?
[to a chart man]
Lieutenant Rozanov: Show me our position.
[the chart man shows Rozanov how close they are to an island]
Lieutenant Rozanov: [in Russian] What? WHAT? Tovarich Captain...
The Russian Captain: [in Russian] Take it easy.
Lieutenant Rozanov: [in Russian] Permit me, Captain. Look at our position.
The Russian Captain: [in Russian] I don't need your advice.
[...]
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(uncredited)
Written by Johnny Mandel & Peggy Lee
Performed by Irene Kral
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Alan Arkin, who co-starred with Carl Reiner in this film, had previously starred in "Enter Laughing" on Broadway, a play based on Reiner's semi-autobiographical novel. Arkin played "David Kolowitz," the part Reiner based on himself. Reiner later co-adapted and directed the film version of "Enter Laughing." See more »Goofs
Established etiquette for displaying the United States flag when hung vertically is to have the blue union on the uppermost left - during the credits at the end of the movie the flag appears with the union on the upper right. See more »Quotes
[first lines][Rozanov arrives on the bridge of the Russian submarine after learing from the chart man how close they are to the USA coast]
Lieutenant Rozanov: [in Russian; subtitled] What is it Captain? What are you doing?
[to a chart man]
Lieutenant Rozanov: Show me our position.
[the chart man shows Rozanov how close they are to an island]
Lieutenant Rozanov: [in Russian] What? WHAT? Tovarich Captain...
The Russian Captain: [in Russian] Take it easy.
Lieutenant Rozanov: [in Russian] Permit me, Captain. Look at our position.
The Russian Captain: [in Russian] I don't need your advice.
[...]
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Crazy Credits
In 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. See more »Alternate Versions
More recent video releases have more of the Russian dialog subtitled in English. The original release left much of the Russian dialog untranslated since it was not necessary for the audience to know exactly what was being said. See more »Soundtracks
The Shining Sea(uncredited)
Written by Johnny Mandel & Peggy Lee
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I lived on Martha's Vineyard for three years, which is why this film still commands a place in my heart. I was particularly amused by the habit of the lawmen (Keith, Winters) to regard the summer people as idiots because they don't know them, and the year-round residents as idiots because they know them too well. Gloucester Island is televisionless and almost radioless, as Nantucket was at the time, which added to the buildup of confusion in this long (in the style of the '60s) but still enjoyable comedy.