As I've mentioned here more times than I've plugged Frank Ferrante, my favorite movie is It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Another film of the sixties that I like a lot is The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, which was written by William Rose. Mr. Rose and his wife Tania wrote It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and there are a few tiny connections. In one film, Jonathan Winters has to ride a shaky girl's bicycle and in the other, Carl Reiner does. Also, Reiner and Winters were in both movies as were a couple of other folks like Paul Ford and Ben Blue, and both movies had wonderful poster art by Jack Davis.
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming is another movie that can be viewed for free — at least in my country and a few others — on YouTube but it cannot be embedded on this site. So I've set up a link for you. Click on the image below and it will take you there. It's a fun film and it's largely stolen by Alan Arkin who was not too well-known at the time. But he sure was after this…
