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62% Critic Match
It Happened to Jane
“It's bigger than all of us!”
6.2 / 10• 1959• 1h 37m•NR• English
ComedyRomance
Storyline
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 & Crew
Doris Day
Jane Osgood
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Quine's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. It Happened to Jane is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
