It Could Happen to You

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Release date: Jun 28, 1937

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It Could Happen to You is one of those captivating "little" pictures whose reputation is built up via word of mouth. Alan Baxter and Owen Davis Jr. star as Bob and Fred, the sons of immigrant Pa Barrett (Al Shean). Fred is a dutiful offspring, but Bob, an adoptee, is a no-good, stealing money from the old man to further his ambitions. When Pa Barrett confronts Bob with this discovery, the young man accidentally kills his stepfather. As fate would have it, Fred has become a lawyer, and it is he who takes on the job of defending Bob in court. Fred wins an acquittal, but Bob learns to his chagrin that he will never be able to escape the "judge and jury" of his own conscience. The script for It Could Happen to You was co-written by Nathaniel West, later the author of the trenchant anti-Hollywood novel Day of the Locust.

Cast

Alan Baxter
as Bob Ames
Al Shean
as Max 'Pa' Barrett
Andrea Leeds
as Laura Compton
Owen Davis Jr.
as Fred Barrett
Astrid Allwyn
as Angela
Walter Kingsford
as Prof. Schwab
Christian Rub
as Clavish
Elsa Janssen
as Mrs. Clavish
Edward Colebrook
as Pogano
Stanley King
as Detective
Nina Campana
as Italian Woman
Frank Yaconelli
as Greek
John Hamilton
as Judge
Paul Stanton
as District Attorney
Stuart Erwin
Douglas Fowley
Gloria Stuart
Raymond Walburn
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