It Could Happen to Anybody

The story

"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 & crew

Ann Scott-Jones

Ann Scott-JonesJean MacLeod

Joseph Brady

Joseph BradyJim McLeod

William McBain

William McBainJohn McLeod

Joe Mullaney

Joe MullaneyWilly McLeod

Samuel Ovens

Samuel OvensHughie McLeod

Jennifer Carey

Jennifer CareyMoira MacLeod

Irene Sunters

Irene SuntersBig Bessie

Ian McNicol

Ian McNicolPluke

Frank Wylie

Frank WylieDS Brady

Jake D'ArcyDC Newman

Doreen KeoghSister Patricia

Ron DonachieBig Lick