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The exact same STANLEY from Three's Company!


When I saw Norman Fell (The original landlord Stanley Roper in the seventies hit TV show Three's Company) being referred to over & over as Stanley as soon as his character is introduced in this film I admit to at first thinking that it was his previous characterization of a Stanley in Three's Company that had came first & that this film was kind of playing up that connection in an effort to be topical but comparing the dates it seems that it's THIS that came first & the Three's Company people no doubt named him Stanley because of this movie! As many times as the character of his wife on the show (Helen) whined out his name "Stannnnnleeeey!" over & over just for emphasis that HAD to be the case!

"Be nice until it's time to NOT be nice."

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I'm sure it's just a coincidence. However, Norman Fell also played Captain Stanley in "The Secret War of Harry Frigg" 7 years prior to this film.

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