The Vigilantes Are Coming actor (although "Crash" Corrigan in the previous Republic serial, "Undersea Kingdom", had his stage name created specifically for that serial). "The Vigilantes Are Coming"'s official release date is 22 August 1936, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges. In the early 1950s, "The Vigilantes Are Coming" was one of fourteen Republic serials edited into a television series. It was broadcast in six 26½-minute episodes. The Vigilantes Are Coming The Vigilantes Are Coming is a 1936 American Republic film serial. It was the third of the sixty six serials made by Republic Pictures
The Russians are coming The Russians are coming "The Russians are coming" is a phrase attributed to United States Secretary of Defense James Forrestal in 1949. In full, Forrestal said "The Russians are coming. The Russians are coming. They're right around. I've seen Russian soldiers." Forrestal allegedly uttered those words while suffering from mental illness, not long before purportedly committing suicide. The allegation originated with Forrestal's bitter political enemy, columnist Drew Pearson, and has been verified by no other person. This is what Townsend Hoopes and Douglas Brinkley have to say about the episode in their 1992 book, "Driven Patriot, the Life and Times