I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

The Worst Film Ever

the audience applauded

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

I first saw this film on ABC TV back in 1968 And even then it impressed me a whole lot .And what a great cast headed by Jackie Cooper,John Forsythe Gene Hackman (with hair)Carole Lynley Janice Rule Myron Healy and others as well including a young Johnathan(Lippe)Goldsmith (who later became better known as the demanding one in the beer commercial)and other actors as well and included an actor named Marc Strange of whom i know nothing about but he did a good job as the "hero"of the story And I hope that ABC will try and have this movie released on DVD soon so that more people can see it .I was fortunate to find a copy of it from a dealer on line and got it and enjoyed it even more this time .And if you can find it get it .youll enjoy it.

Just watched this movie again after 20 years & I found it even more frightening second time around. This film is not only important for Americans to see, but all freedom loving people in the world need to see this movie, not too scare them but to make them aware of the warning signs. To be vigilant and not complacent to ensure this never happens anywhere.This movie was originally made as a pilot for a television series that never eventuated.A remake is really needed as this one is really dated. All freedom loving people in the world need to see this movie, not too scare them but to make them aware of the warning signs. This movie can be found here: http://bit.ly/ShadowOnTheLand_Opt2

Why hasn't this movie been shown on television for years? There's definitely a consistency of opinion amongst those who are old enough to have been around on it's first showing in 1968 that it had a powerful and frightening message.I am one of those who saw it so many years ago, and it's a movie that I've been wanting to see again ever since, but amazingly, it's never been shown or even now released on VHS or DVD.The subject of the film that the US government is taken over by a totalitarian regime seemed impossible back then, but today whenever I see Dick Cheney talking on television it makes this concept seem not so implausible.If this film ever becomes widely available, it should be watched in conjunction with 1964's Seven Days In May as a warning to future generations to be ever vigilant for the freedoms they currently enjoy.

"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.