Shadow on the Land

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Shadow on the Land
Also known asUnited States: It Can't Happen Here
Genre
Created by Sidney Sheldon
Based on It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis
Screenplay by Nedrick Young
Directed by Richard C. Sarafian
Starring
Composer Sol Kaplan
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers
Cinematography Fred J. Koenekamp
Editor Henry Batista
Running time100 minutes
Production company Screen Gems
Release
Original network ABC
Original releaseDecember 4, 1968 (1968-12-04)

Shadow on the Land, also known as United States: It Can't Happen Here, is a 1968 television film which aired on ABC. It was adapted from the 1935 Sinclair Lewis novel It Can't Happen Here by Nedrick Young, and directed by Richard C. Sarafian. The plot involves a president creating a fascist, totalitarian regime in the United States, and a resistance movement forming against it. [2] [3] [4]

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References

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