In which year did the film 'The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming' debut?

The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming is a 1966 DeLuxe Color American comedy film directed by Norman Jewison in Panavision. It is based on the Nathaniel Benchley novel The Off-Islanders, and was adapted for the screen by William Rose.

The film depicts the chaos following the grounding of the Soviet submarine 'Спрут' (pronounced "sproot" and meaning "octopus") off a small New England island during the Cold War. The film stars Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, and Alan Arkin in his first major film role.

A Soviet Navy submarine draws too close to the New England coast one morning when its captain wants to take a good look at America and runs aground.

Although set on the fictional "Gloucester Island" off the coast of Massachusetts, the movie was filmed on the coast of Northern California, mainly in Mendocino. The harbor scenes were filmed in Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg, California.

The submarine used was a fabrication. The United States Navy refused to loan one for the production and barred the studio from bringing a real Russian submarine.

The film, released at the height of the Cold War, had considerable impact in both Washington and Moscow. It was one of the few American films of the time to portray the Russians in a positive light.

Senator Ernest Gruening mentioned the film in a speech in Congress, and a copy of it was screened in the Kremlin. When screened at the Soviet film writers' union, Sergei Bondarchuk was moved to tears.