It Couldn't Happen Here

This article is about the 1988 musical film. For the song by Pet Shop Boys, see Actually. For other uses, see Can't Happen Here (disambiguation).

It Couldn't Happen Here
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJack Bond
Written byJack Bond
James Dillon
Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe
Produced byJack Bond
Martin Haxby
StarringNeil Tennant
Chris Lowe
Joss Ackland
Neil Dickson
Gareth Hunt
Barbara Windsor
Production
companies
Distributed byEntertainment Film Distributors[1]
Release date
  • 8 July 1988 (1988-07-08)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million[2]

It Couldn't Happen Here is a 1988 musical film starring the British synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys and based on the music from their first two studio albums Please and Actually. It was originally conceived as an hour-long video based on Actually, but it evolved into a surreal, full-scale feature film directed by Jack Bond and co-starring Barbara Windsor, Joss Ackland, Neil Dickson, and Gareth Hunt.

  1. ^ "It Couldn't Happen Here (1988)". BBFC. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference shop was invoked but never defined (see the help page).