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2 unusual facts about It Couldn't Happen Here


Gareth Hunt

In 1984 he appeared in the film Bloodbath at the House of Death and in 1988 he played many parts in the Pet Shop Boys' film It Couldn't Happen Here.

Neil Dickson

He also appeared alongside Barbara Windsor, Joss Ackland & the late Gareth Hunt in the Pet Shop Boys film, It Couldn't Happen Here, Lionheart, David Lynch's Inland Empire, King of the Wind, Ridley Scott's Body of Lies and Charles Dennis's "The Favour of Your Company" and "Atwill".


It Can't Happen Here

Starting in 1936 the WPA, a New Deal agency, performed the theatre version across the country.

A film version was in preparation at this time at MGM, but studio head Louis B. Mayer soon canceled the production to the publicly announced pleasure of the Nazi regime in Germany.

Janie Fricke

After supplying uncredited background vocals for such Duncan hits as "Jo and the Cowboy," "Thinkin' of a Rendezvous", "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better", and "Stranger," she was finally rewarded when she was given equal billing with Duncan on a single entitled "Come a Little Bit Closer."


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