The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming is a 1966 American comedy movie directed by Norman Jewison and based on the 1961 novel "The Off-Islanders" by Nathaniel Benchley. It stars Alan Arkin, Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Brian Keith, Jonathan Winters, Paul Ford, Theodore Bikel, Michael J. Pollard and was distributed by United Artists. It was nominated for 4 Academy Awards in 1967.