Shadow on the Land

TV Movie
1968
1h 40m

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Patriotic freedom fighters struggle against a fascist dictatorship in a near-future USA.Patriotic freedom fighters struggle against a fascist dictatorship in a near-future USA.Patriotic freedom fighters struggle against a fascist dictatorship in a near-future USA.

Director
- Richard C. Sarafian
Writers
- Nedrick Young
- Sidney Sheldon
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6.0/10

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Director
- Richard C. Sarafian
Writers
- Nedrick Young
- Sidney Sheldon
Stars

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As the camera tracks with protagonist, a bookstore in the background displays copies of only one book: "My Struggle" by "The Leader", which is English for "Mein Kampf" by "Der Fuehrer" (Adolf Hitler).

Quotes
Gen. Wendell Bruce: You insist? You insist? Are you trying to give me an order? Who the h__l do you think you're talking to? "You insist"!
Gen. Hempstead: May I remind you, sir: Davis is an Army man. You've taken him into custody, arrested him for reasons unknown to us. I demand to know...
Gen. Wendell Bruce: YOU DEMAND? Let me remind you, General: the Internal Security Forces SUPERSEDE the Army! AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT! I'll arrange your resignation so fast you won't know what hit you. "You demand".
Gen. Hempstead: My apology for what might have been an unfortunate choice of phrase, sir.
Gen. Wendell Bruce: That's better.
Gen. Hempstead: Nevertheless I *request* some explanation!

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10/10

One of the most important "warning" films ever made

"Shadow on the Land" was the first made-for-TV movie produced and broadcast on ABC and includes in its cast Jackie Cooper, John Forsythe, Gene Hackman, and Carol Lynley. Its producer, Matthew Rapf, produced series like Ben Casey and Kojak. Its screenwriter, Nedrick Young, won an Oscar as co-writer of The Defiant Ones.

I was 16 when I saw it and its portrait of the United States devolved into a fascist dictatorship made an indelible impression on me. It's one of the most important films in the library of liberty ever made, and it deserves to be revived and seen by every lover of freedom who weeps that the United States is well down the path to tyranny shown in this movie.

But this film also shows seeds of hope, in its portrayal of an underground called the Society of Man.

Watch this! It has more power than a dozen tracts on economics and politics, or political campaigns.