It Happened to Jane

It Happened to Jane

It Happened to Jane

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It Happened to Jane

"It's bigger than all of us!"

1959

1h 37m

6.2(71 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

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".

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Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Doris Day

Doris Day

Jane Osgood

Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon

George Denham

Ernie Kovacs

Ernie Kovacs

Harry Foster Malone

Steve Forrest

Steve Forrest

Larry Hall

Teddy Rooney

Teddy Rooney

Billy Osgood

Russ Brown

Russ Brown

Uncle Otis

Walter Greaza

Walter Greaza

Crawford Sloan

Parker Fennelly

Parker Fennelly

Homer Bean

Mary Wickes

Mary Wickes

Matilda Runyon

Philip Coolidge

Philip Coolidge

Wilbur Peterson

Creative team

Directed by: Richard Quine
Written by: Norman Katkov
Max Wilk
Produced by: Martin Melcher
Richard Quine

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