It Happened to Jane

1959 97 min ★ 6.2 Comedy, Romance

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".

Cast

Doris Day

Jane Osgood

Jack Lemmon

George Denham

Ernie Kovacs

Harry Foster Malone

Steve Forrest

Larry Hall

Teddy Rooney

Billy Osgood

Russ Brown

Uncle Otis

Walter Greaza

Crawford Sloan

Parker Fennelly

Homer Bean

Mary Wickes

Matilda Runyon

Philip Coolidge

Wilbur Peterson

Details

Director

Richard Quine

Screenplay

Norman Katkov

Tagline

"It's bigger than all of us!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Columbia Pictures

Reviews

J

John Chard

October 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 L...