It Could Happen to Anybody
1984, English. Directed by Laurence Moody.
"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.
- Runtime
- 0h 54m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 14 August 1984
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It Could Happen to Anybody runs 54 minutes (0h 54m).
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Which OTT platform is It Could Happen to Anybody on?
It Could Happen to Anybody isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 14 August 1984. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed It Could Happen to Anybody?
It Could Happen to Anybody (1984) was directed by Laurence Moody and stars Ann Scott-Jones, Joseph Brady, William McBain.