It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Written by | Arne Sultan |
Directed by | Cy Howard |
Starring | Paul Sorvino Michael Learned JoAnna Cameron Bob Dishy |
Theme music composer | Fred Karlin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | |
Producers | Arne Sultan Gerald W. Abrams (associate producer) |
Production locations | Mulholland Drive, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California |
Cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti |
Editors | |
Running time | 74 minutes |
Production company | |
Distributor | ABC |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Picture format | Color |
Audio format | Mono |
Original release | November 19, 1974 |
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy is a 1974 American made-for-television black comedy film starring Paul Sorvino and JoAnna Cameron. The film was co-written and produced by Arne Sultan[1] as an ABC Movie of the Week installment.
Plot[]
Harry Walters, a stout real estate salesman who is randomly picked up by a beautiful woman, Wanda Olivia Wellman, then raped at gunpoint as a prank. He is later dropped off naked in a small town and left to explain to his wife, friends, and the police how he was both kidnapped and raped by a woman.
Cast[]
- Paul Sorvino as Harry Walters.
- Michael Learned as Janet Walters.
- Bob Dishy as Ed Huxley
- Adam Arkin as Ken Walters
- Eddie Barth as Sgt. Riggs
- Roger Bowen as Stu Dotney
- Carl Franklin as Hovey
- Diane Cary as Diane Civita
- JoAnna Cameron as Wanda Olivia Wellman
Notes[]
- ^ Arne Sultan, writer and producer of popular sitcoms spanning the '60's through the '80's (Get Smart, Barney Miller, and Too Close for Comfort).
External links[]
Categories:
- 1974 television films
- 1974 films
- 1970s black comedy films
- American films
- American black comedy films
- ABC Movie of the Week
- Films about rape
- American television film stubs