It Could Happen to Anybody (1984)

"It never done a woman any harm to be at the end o' a back-hander." In a society where drunkenness and battered wives are treated as 'normal', Jean McLeod attempts to hold her family together. But after a particularly severe beating she decides to fight back.

Cast (18)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

A

Ann Scott-Jones

Jean MacLeod

J

Joseph Brady

Jim McLeod

W

William McBain

John McLeod

J

Joe Mullaney

Willy McLeod

S

Samuel Ovens

Hughie McLeod

J

Jennifer Carey

Moira MacLeod

I

Irene Sunters

Big Bessie

I

Ian McNicol

Pluke

F

Frank Wylie

DS Brady

Jake D'Arcy

DC Newman

Doreen Keogh

Sister Patricia

Ron Donachie

Big Lick

P

Peter Raffan

Bobby Cannon

J

Joan Scott

Mrs Cannon

Harriet Buchan

Panel Chairwoman

R

Ron Paterson

Panel Member

D

Dorothy Anne Stiven

Ward Sister

A

A.S. Ross

Policeman

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