When the crew sneaks onto the island to simply borrow a boat, everything goes very badly. Written by Carl Reiner, directed by Norman Jewison and containing many of the Mad, Mad cast, Russians is a fun and satisfying comedy that introduced Alan Arkin to American film fans.Arkin, as Lt. Rozanov, leads a group of Russians through the island and stumble across Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint and their family as the prepare to end their summer vacation. Reiner is prodded by the Russians for assistance while Reiner's son, played wonderfully by a loud Sheldon Collins, keeps demanding the death of the Russians and the arrest of his father for treason.
Along the line Brian Keith, playing the small town sheriff and Jonathan Winters, playing his deputy, try to keep the rumors and the town militia under control as they follow every hair-brained idea of where the Russians are and what they are doing.
Though not in the same class as the immortal Mad, Mad, World, Russians still is a nice piece of mid-1960s clean comedy and is worthy of a revisit on occasion.
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Set in a New England town, I recall their STRONG New England accent and couldn't believe I was that bad. Funny, funny picture. Thanks for bringing back the memories. Ketlevin
There are two pictures I love mainly because I remember watching them with you and hearing you laugh... It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Granted, they're good movies on their own, but they have a special place in my heart because I remember your laughter when we watched them when I was a kid.
That's sweet.
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