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 as an ABC Movie of the Week installment. The film was one of Sorvino's first leading roles.[1]
In the film, a salesman is kidnapped and raped by a beautiful woman.[2] He is left naked in a small town, and he has to explain what happened to him.
Plot
Harry Walters is a stout real estate salesman who is randomly picked up by a beautiful woman, Wanda Olivia Wellman. He is subsequently 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
References
- ^ "Paul Sorvino: A Voluble Man Who Excelled as a Brick of a Mobster". The New York Times. July 25, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ "Turning Tables on Rape". Los Angeles Times. November 19, 1974. Retrieved October 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.(subscription required)
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