It Could Happen to Anybody

54min

Drama

TV Movie

"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

Ann Scott-Jones

Ann Scott-Jones

Jean MacLeod
Joseph Brady

Joseph Brady

Jim McLeod
William McBain

William McBain

John McLeod
Joe Mullaney

Joe Mullaney

Willy McLeod
Samuel Ovens

Samuel Ovens

Hughie McLeod
Jennifer Carey

Jennifer Carey

Moira MacLeod
Irene Sunters

Irene Sunters

Big Bessie
Frank Wylie

Frank Wylie

Det Sgt Brady
Jake D'Arcy

Jake D'Arcy

Det Con Newman
Doreen Keogh

Doreen Keogh

Sister Patricia
Ron Donachie

Ron Donachie

Big Lick
Peter Raffan

Peter Raffan

Bobby Cannon
Joan Scott

Joan Scott

Mrs. Cannon
Harriet Buchan

Harriet Buchan

Panel chairwoman
Ron Paterson

Ron Paterson

Panel member
A.S. Ross

A.S. Ross

Policeman

Release date

14th Aug 1984

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English