Director: Norman Jewison

Writer: William Rose

From novel: The Off-Islanders by Nathaniel Benchley

Music: Johnny Mandel

Producer: Norman Jewison

Keywords: Comedy, Submarine, Cold War

A Soviet submarine is off course and runs aground on the isolated Gloucester Island in New England. Sailors are dispatched to town to discreetly locate a powerboat to extricate the sub, but as more and more people discover or suspect Russians have invaded, misinformation and hysteria multiply. Received Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, and Best Editing.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alan Arkin	Actor	26-Mar-1934		Catch 22
Theodore Bikel	Actor	2-May-1924	21-Jul-2015	The Defiant Ones
Ben Blue	Actor	12-Sep-1901	7-Mar-1975	The Big Broadcast of 1938
Paul Ford	Actor	2-Nov-1901	12-Apr-1976	The Phil Silvers Show
Brian Keith	Actor	14-Nov-1921	24-Jun-1997	Uncle Bill on Family Affair
John Phillip Law	Actor	7-Sep-1937	13-May-2008	The Russians Are Coming
Carl Reiner	Actor	20-Mar-1922		Your Show of Shows
Eva Marie Saint	Actor	4-Jul-1924		North by Northwest
Richard Schaal	Actor	5-May-1928	4-Nov-2014	Leo Heatherton on Phyllis
Johnny Whitaker	Actor	13-Dec-1959		Jody on Family Affair
Jonathan Winters	Comic	11-Nov-1925	11-Apr-2013	Mearth, son of Mork

CAST

Carl Reiner	...   Walt Whittaker
Eva Marie Saint	...   Elspeth Whittaker
Alan Arkin	...   Rozanov
Brian Keith	...   Link Mattocks
Theodore Bikel	...   Captain
Jonathan Winters	...   Norman Jonas
Co-Starring
Tessie O'Shea	...   Alice Foss
John Phillip Law	...   Kolchin
Ben Blue	...   Luther Grilk
Andrea Dromm	...   Alison Palmer
and
Paul Ford	...   Fendall Hawkins
Sheldon Golomb	...   Pete Whittaker
Guy Raymond	...   Lester Tilly
Cliff Norton	...   Charlie Hinkson
Dick Schaal	...   Oscar Maxwell
Philip Coolidge	...   Mr. Porter
Don Keefer	...   Irving Christiansen
Cindy Putnam	...   Annie Whittaker
Parker Fennelly	...   Mr. Everett
Doro Merande	...   Muriel Everett
Vaughn Taylor	...   Mr. Bell
Johnny Whitaker	...   Jerry Maxwell
The Russians
Danny Klega	...   Polsky
Ray Baxter	...   Brodsky
Paul Verdier	...   Maliavin
Nikita Knatz	...   Gromolsky
Constantine Baksheef	...   Vasilov
Alex Hassilev	...   Hrushevsky
Milos Milos	...   Lysenko
Gino Gottarelli	...   Kregitkin

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