It Happened to Jane

1959

ComedyRomance

Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Railroad staff inattention ruins her shipment, so with her lawyer George, Jane sues Harry Foster Malone, director of the line and the "meanest man in the world".

"It's bigger than all of us!"

Rating

6.1
65 votes

Popularity

1.0819

Origin & Countries

US | en | United States of America

Production

Columbia Pictures

Runtime

97 min.

Status

Released

Release: 5/24/1959

Credits

It Happened to Jane

Richard QuineDirector

It Happened to Jane

Doris DayJane Osgood

It Happened to Jane

Jack LemmonGeorge Denham

It Happened to Jane

Ernie KovacsHarry Foster Malone

It Happened to Jane

Steve ForrestLarry Hall

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Reviews

John Chard

10/3/2015

6 / 10

Not quite a Lobster Newberg. Doris Day is an astute businesswoman who deals in the mass production of Lobsters. When her latest delivery goes awry due to incompetence of the E&P Railroad, she decided to take them on. All while affairs of the heart try to come into play. Nothing really wrong with the film as such, it's all very harmless, a pleasant romantic comedy, with a likable cast (Jack Lemmon & Ernie Kovacs join Day)to while away the time with. It's just not a very interesting story, one where the love arc plays second fiddle to a bunch of over cooked sequences elsewhere. Whilst what could have been a strong feminist front never quite gets driven home. 6/10

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