It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

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.

Hard to believe, but I was 12 years old when this movie was first shown on TV.Like other reviewers, "Shadow on the Land" made an impact on me like no other made for TV movie that the networks were churning out at the time, with the exception of "Duel" and perhaps "The Brotherhood of the Bell".There were just three networks: ABC, CBS, and NBC. Nothing else. Cable TV and video recorders didn't exist.It is a little dated, considering it was 1968, but the message about the possibility of an American fascist state coming into existence is scary.This movie is prophetic and well worth your time to find.I am looking for a copy of this movie. Please email me at c_c_colvin (AT)yahoo(dot)com

This is a prophetic made for TV movie (first shown in 1968), particularly in light of current events in the US (2006).It is basically about a rebel group fighting a fascist government that has taken over the US. The airport scenes are a bit eerie now and the creation of the new federal police force as authorized in the Patriot Act sure looks like the Internal Security Force in the movie.No wonder this movie as not seen the light of day in years...If you want your paranoia level to go up, watch this movie and think about todays events...I AM LOOKING FOR A COPY OF THIS MOVIE. Email me at Indigo00@comcast.net.

This is a 1968 made for TV movie which was aired only a few times. It is an excellent science fiction- future history movie with the premise that America has descended into a dictatorship because Americans have voluntarily given up their freeedoms in the face of an outside threat. Now that threat has been eliminated, the people in power seek to keep their power... They are opposed by a secret underground called The Sons of Liberty. I wish this was available to buy in DVD!