The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming

This amusing Cold War comedy resembles IT'S A MAD, MAD WORLD but not quite as frantic. Nominated for Best Picture, it includes a wonderful performance by Alan Arkin that is well-deserved. He's the sanest one in the film. Carl Reiner is the typical American Dad: harried and always in charge..he thinks.

Jonathan Winters is exceptional as always and there's a host of splendid characters actors in mayhem most of the time.

A 6 out of 10. Best performance = Mr. Arkin. Early performance by John Phillip Law from BARBARELLA (whatever happened to this guy?) and Brian Keith (great actor) has great comic timing. One of the last "innocent" comedies before film styles changed the following year. Worth a look!