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.
Director: Laurence Moody
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Ann Scott-Jones as Jean MacLeod |
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Joseph Brady as Jim McLeod |
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William McBain as John McLeod |
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Joe Mullaney as Willy McLeod |
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Samuel Ovens as Hughie McLeod |
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Jennifer Carey as Moira MacLeod |
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Irene Sunters as Big Bessie |
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Ian McNicol as Pluke |
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Frank Wylie as Det Sgt Brady |
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Jake D'Arcy as Det Con Newman |
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Doreen Keogh as Sister Patricia |
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Ron Donachie as Big Lick |
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Peter Raffan as Bobby Cannon |
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Joan Scott as Mrs. Cannon |
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Harriet Buchan as Panel chairwoman |
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Ron Paterson as Panel member |
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Dorothy Anne Stiven as Ward sister |
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A.S. Ross as Policeman |
| Production | Robert McIntosh | Producer |
| Writing | Hugh McManus | Writer |
| Directing | Laurence Moody | Director |
